Pijin language
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| Pijin | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spoken in: | Solomon Islands | |
| Total speakers: | 24,390 (1999 SIL, first language), understood by many more | |
| Language family: | creole of Melanesian languages with English | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | cpe | |
| ISO 639-3: | pis | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Pijin is a language spoken in the Solomon Islands. It is closely related to Tok Pisin of Papua New Guinea; Bislama of Vanuatu; and Torres Strait Creole of the Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia. The number of its native speakers is a figure of 5 digits. Pijin is spoken by about 300,000 persons.
Pijin is written in the Latin alphabet.
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