Samoan Plantation Pidgin
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| Samoan Plantation Pidgin | |
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| Spoken in | Samoa |
| Extinct | Effectively extinct. |
| Language family |
English-based pidgin
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | cpe |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
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.
[edit] 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.
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