Solomon Islands Pijin
E7171
Solomon Islands Pijin is an English-based creole language widely used as a lingua franca across the Solomon Islands.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Solomon Islands Pijin canonical | 56 |
| Bislama | 1 |
| Solomon Islands Pijin (de facto) | 1 |
| Solomons Neo-Melanesian | 1 |
| Solomons Pijin | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English-based creole
ⓘ
creole language ⓘ language of the Solomon Islands ⓘ lingua franca ⓘ |
| acquisitionPattern | increasingly acquired as a first language in urban areas ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Neo-Solomonic
ⓘ
Pijin ⓘ Solomon Islands Pijin ⓘ
surface form:
Solomons Neo-Melanesian
Solomon Islands Pijin ⓘ
surface form:
Solomons Pijin
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Tok Pisin
ⓘ
surface form:
Bislama
Papua New Guinea English-based creoles ⓘ Tok Pisin ⓘ |
| coexistsWith |
English in the Solomon Islands
ⓘ
numerous indigenous languages of the Solomon Islands ⓘ |
| country | Solomon Islands ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
19th-century labour trade pidgins
ⓘ
plantation pidgins in the southwest Pacific ⓘ |
| glottocode | solo1261 ⓘ |
| hasAncestorLanguage | Maritime Pacific English pidgins ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom |
local Austronesian languages
ⓘ
local Papuan languages ⓘ |
| hasTAMSystem | preverbal particles marking tense, aspect and mood ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | subject–verb–object ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | pis ⓘ |
| languageFamily | English-based creole ⓘ |
| lexiconSource |
Austronesian languages of the Solomon Islands
ⓘ
English ⓘ Papuan languages of the Solomon Islands ⓘ |
| mainAreasOfUse |
Guadalcanal
ⓘ
Honiara ⓘ urban areas of the Solomon Islands ⓘ |
| notOfficialLanguageOf | Solomon Islands ⓘ |
| primaryLexifierLanguage | English ⓘ |
| region | Solomon Islands ⓘ |
| spokenBy | people of diverse ethnic groups in the Solomon Islands ⓘ |
| status |
major lingua franca of the Solomon Islands
ⓘ
widely used in interethnic communication ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
SVO word order
ⓘ
analytic morphology ⓘ reduced inflectional morphology compared to English ⓘ use of preverbal tense-aspect-mood markers ⓘ |
| usedAsLinguaFrancaIn | Solomon Islands ⓘ |
| usedInDomain |
informal communication
ⓘ
political discourse ⓘ popular music ⓘ radio broadcasting ⓘ religious activities ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
Referenced by (60)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bislama
this entity surface form:
Solomons Pijin
this entity surface form:
Solomons Neo-Melanesian
this entity surface form:
Solomon Islands Pijin (de facto)
subject surface form:
Western Province (Solomon Islands)