Pidgin English

Lonely Planet Publications. The best available guide to the pidgins and creoles of Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, north Australia and Torres Strait. These fascinating languages have developed from English, so you'll recognize plenty of words, but their grammar, sentence structure and extensive vocabularies mean that you'll find this phrasebook invaluable in understanding the language around you. -- wherever you travel in the region, and despite the huge number of local languages, you can still communicate easily. This edition has expanded language and cultural tips covering all situations.

Includes 1,900 entries. Pidgin forms of English have existed in a number of countries, but the most important one in use today is the Melanesian Pidgin of eastern New Guinea and nearby islands. This concise dictionary includes all the words which are used universally throughout the territory. Paperback. 160 pages. Size 5" x 8".

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