• Bislama (English: /ˈbɪsləmɑː/ BISS-lə-mah; Bislama: [biˈslama]; also known by its earlier French name, bichelamar [biʃlamaʁ]) is an English-based creole...
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    Vanuatu (category Articles containing Bislama-language text)
    /vænˈwɑːtuː/ van-WAH-too; Bislama and French pronunciation [vanuatu]), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (French: République de Vanuatu; Bislama: Ripablik blong...
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    indigenous people of Vanuatu generally speak English and French, as well as Bislama. The cultural aspects of ni-Vanuatu society have been instilled on the...
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    Namba (clothing) (category Articles containing Bislama-language text)
    around the waist are worn instead. The word namba is derived from the Bislama word nambas. This is itself borrowed from Port Sandwich or Rerep na-mbas...
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    then the response translated again to be understood by the other, though Bislama creole represented an informal bridge between the British and the French...
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    country's three official languages are of foreign origin: English, French, and Bislama, an English-based creole language. Additional languages are also spoken...
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    Yumi, Yumi, Yumi (category Articles containing Bislama-language text)
    "Yumi, Yumi, Yumi" (Bislama pronunciation: [ˈjumi ˈjumi ˈjumi]; "We, We, We") is the national anthem of Vanuatu. It was written and composed by François...
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    Melanesian pidgin and creole languages such as Tok Pisin of Papua New Guinea or Bislama of Vanuatu, as the usual word for 'child' (of a person or animal); it may...
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    creoles of the region, such as Tok Pisin, Hiri Motu, Solomon Islands Pijin, Bislama, and Papuan Malay. The origin of Melanesians is generally associated with...
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  • English Tok Pisin West African Pidgin English (multiple varieties) Vanuatu Bislama Franglish English-based creoles Macaronic languages World Englishes Smith...
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    Switzerland (alongside German, Italian and Romansh) Vanuatu (alongside Bislama and English) Aosta Valley, Aosta, Italy (alongside Italian) Canton of Bern...
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    Pentecost (island) (category Articles containing Bislama-language text)
    capital Port Vila. Pentecost is known as Pentecôte in French and Pentekos in Bislama. The island was known in its native languages by names such as Vanu Aroaroa...
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  • and syllable Bi (jade), a type of jade disk produced in ancient China Bislama language (ISO 639 alpha-2 language code BI) Brain damage, brain injury...
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  • (Terrestrial- & web-distributed, English & Bislama content) and Television Blong Vanuatu (Terrestrial-distributed, Bislama & French content) Three Pay-TV (local)...
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  • Bamboo English Barikanchi Pidgin Basque–Icelandic pidgin Bimbashi Arabic Bislama (creolized) Bombay Hindi Borgarmålet Bozal Spanish Broken Oghibbeway Broken...
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    Makbed (blong Willum Sekspia). It was the big gun in his campaign to get Bislama, first language of 6,000 inhabitants of the South Pacific islands of Vanuatu...
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  • ABM Galaxy F.C. (category CS1 Bislama-language sources (bi))
    Vanuatu Daily Post (in Bislama). Retrieved 2019-06-30. "Wan frenli mo Opening Knockout tede". Vanuatu Daily Post (in Bislama). Retrieved 2019-06-30....
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    native lunar calendar. Scholars write in the native Raga language or in Bislama, using an alphabet named Avoiuli developed by Viraleo and inspired by traditional...
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    language, although it can also be used for other languages including Apma, Bislama and English. The Avoiuli alphabet comprises characters equivalent to the...
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    Examples of other Melanesian creoles are Unserdeutsch, Solomon Islands Pijin, Bislama, and Papuan Malay. A distinction is often made between the island of New...
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    on copra plantations, and they had to return to traditional kastom (the Bislama language word for customs). In 1941, followers of John Frum rid themselves...
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    town is most commonly referred to simply as "Vila", whether in French or Bislama [viˈla] or in English /ˈviːlə/ VEE-lə (not like English "villa").[citation...
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    Tanna (island) (category Articles containing Bislama-language text)
    modern inventions are restricted, the inhabitants wear penis sheaths (Bislama: nambas) and grass skirts, and the children do not go to public school...
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    speakers of Wallisian, Futunian, Tahitian, Javanese, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Bislama. The predominant religion is Christianity; half of the population is Catholic...
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  • Bengali bn ben ben Individual Living বাংলা (Bāŋlā) Bangla Bislama bi bis bis Individual Living Bislama Language formed from English and Vanuatuan languages...
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    Motto that reads: LONG GOD YUMI STANAP (In Bislama for, "WITH GOD WE STAND", e.g. "In God we trust"). The Bislama "long" is a preposition derived from the...
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    or the colonial languages with indigenous languages, such as Tok Pisin, Bislama, Chavacano, various Malay trade and creole languages, Hawaiian Pidgin,...
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    of music played in the country of Vanuatu. Traditional music (known in Bislama as kastom singsing or kastom tanis) is still thriving in the rural areas...
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  • Solomon Islands. It is closely related to Tok Pisin of Papua New Guinea and Bislama of Vanuatu; the three varieties are sometimes considered to be dialects...
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  • Luodong Bo-ai Hospital (category CS1 Bislama-language sources (bi))
    List of hospitals in Taiwan "羅東博愛醫院 - Clinical Specialties and Size" (in Bislama). Pohai.org.tw. Retrieved 2014-05-25. Luodong Bo-ai Hospital 24°40′16″N...
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