The ASJP Database - Wordlist Pijin

Wordlist Pijin

Compiled by Ann-Katrin Wett

No.	Meaning	Concepticon	Word	Loan

Glottocode: piji1239
ISO 639-3: pis

Coordinates WGS84

9°30'S, 160°E
-9.50, 160.00

number of speakers	564,000
status	alive

Classification

WALS: Oth > Creoles And Pidgins
Glottolog: Indo European > Classicalindo European > Germanic > Northwestgermanic > Westgermanic > Northseagermanic > Anglo Frisian > Anglic > Lateranglic > Middle Modernenglish > Macro English > Pacificcreoleenglish > Earlymelanesianpidgin
Ethnologue: Creole > Englishbased > Pacific

Sources

Jourdan 2002: Pijin - a trilingual cultural dictionary; (Pijin - Inglis - Franis), (Pijin - English - French), (Pijin - Anglais - Français). Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.