| Pijin | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Solomon Islands |
Native speakers | (24,000 cited 1999)[1] 300,000 L2 speakers (1999) |
English Creole
| |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Solomon Islands |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pis |
| Glottolog | piji1239 |
| Linguasphere | 52-ABB-cd |
Pijin (or Solomons Pidgin) is a language spoken in 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 of a single Melanesian Pidgin language. It is also related to Torres Strait Creole of Torres Strait, though more distantly.
In 1999 there were 307,000 second- or third-language speakers with a literacy rate in first language of 60%, a literacy rate in second language of 50%.[2]
- ^ Pijin at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Gordon, Raymond G. Jr, ed. (2005). "Pijin, a Language of Solomon Islands". Ethnologue. Retrieved 12 October 2008.