Pijin language
Pijin (or Solomons Pidgin) is a language spoken in Solomon Islands. It is closely related to Tok Pisin of Papua New Guinea and Bislama of Vanuatu; these might be considered dialects of a single language. It is also related to Torres Strait Creole of Torres Strait, though more distantly.
| Pijin | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Solomon Islands |
Native speakers | (24,000 cited 1999) 300,000 L2 speakers (1999) |
English Creole
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pis |
| Glottolog | piji1239 |
| Linguasphere | 52-ABB-cd |
In 1999 there were 307,000 second- or third-language speakers with a literacy rate in first language of 60%, a literacy rate in second language of 50%.
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