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| Bass Strait Pidgin | |
|---|---|
| (unattested) | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Bass Strait |
| Era | Early 19th century |
| Language family | English Creole, with elements, mainly, of the Flinders Island Lingua franca. Also, contained words from the New Holland tribes, as well as, negrito words. |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
Bass Strait Pidgin was an unattested English-based pidgin language spoken in the Bass Strait islands of Australia. It likely developed in the early 1800s as a result of contact between European sealers and Aboriginal women abducted from Tasmania.
References
- Rob Amery & Peter Mühlhäusler (2011) 'Pidgin English in New South Wales', in Wurm, Mühlhäusler, & Tryon (eds.)
- Wurm, Stephen A., Peter Mühlhäusler, Darrell T. Tryon (eds.). 2011. Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, Asia, and the Americas, Vol I: Maps. Vol II: Texts.
- Wurm, Stephen A.; Mühlhäusler, Peter; Tryon, Darrel T., eds. (2011). Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, Asia, and the Americas. pp. 27, 43. doi:10.1515/9783110819724. ISBN 9783110819724.
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