Samoan Plantation Pidgin

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Samoan Plantation Pidgin
Region	Samoa
Era	Effectively extinct
Language family	English-based pidgin Pacific Samoan Plantation Pidgin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (`mis`)

Samoan Plantation Pidgin is an English-based pidgin language that was spoken by plantation workers in Samoa. It is closely related to Tok Pisin, due to the large number of New Guinean laborers in Samoa.

References

Mühlhäusler, Peter (1983). "Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin". In Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh. The Social Context of Creolization. pp. 28–76.

v t e Mid-Pacific English-based pidgins and creoles

Tok Pisin Pijin Bislama Torres Strait Creole Loyalty Islands Pidgin English New Caledonian Pidgin English† Micronesian Pidgin English† Queensland Kanaka English Maori Pidgin English† Samoan Plantation Pidgin†

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