Language code: bi
Technical information about ISO 639 language code bi
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The table below provides technical details for the Bislama language, designated by the bi code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
|
| Standard | |
| Name | Official Bislama Native Bislama |
| Family | English Creole |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Port Vila BislamaSanto (Luganville) Bislama |
| Related languages | Tok PisinSolomon Islands PijinTorres Strait Creole |
| Key facts | Emerged during the late 1800s among labourers working on sugarcane and cotton plantations in Queensland and New CaledoniaAbout 95 % of its core vocabulary comes from English while its syntax mirrors Oceanic languagesWritten with a phonemic Latin orthography that avoids most English consonant clustersFunctions as a lingua franca that bridges speakers of over 100 indigenous languagesThe first full Bislama dictionary was compiled by linguist Terry Crowley in 1995 |
| Sample phrase | Halo, yu oraet? |
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Bislama belongs to the English Creole language family. It is an official language of Vanuatu and is primarily written in the Latin script. It is estimated that there are around 200,000 speakers worldwide.
Language presence globally
Speakers
200K
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Bislama speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
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