Bislama Reference GrammarUniversity of Hawaii Press, 31. mai 2004 - 224 pages 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. |
Contents
BACKGROUND TO BISLAMA | 1 |
PRONUNCIATION AND SPELLING | 11 |
PARTS OF SPEECH | 24 |
NOUNS AND NOUN PHRASES 37377 | 37 |
VERBS AND VERB PHRASES | 75 |
SIMPLE SENTENCES | 108 |
COMPLEX SENTENCES | 166 |
PREVIOUS STUDIES OF BISLAMA GRAMMAR | 199 |