Bislama Reference Grammar

by Terry Crowley

Bislama is the national language of Vanuatu, the world's most linguistically diverse nation with at least 80 actively spoken Oceanic languages used by about 200,000 people. Bislama began as a plantation pidgin based on English in the nineteenth century, but it has since developed into a unique language with a grammar and vocabulary very different from English.

It is one of very few national languages for which there is no readily available...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824828801
• ISBN13: 9780824828806
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 9.0"