Samoan Plantation Pidgin

Samoan Plantation Pidgin
Samoan Plantation Pidgin
Region	Samoa
Era	Effectively extinct
Language family	English-based pidgin Pacific Samoan Plantation Pidgin; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	samo1307

Samoan Plantation Pidgin is an English-based pidgin language that was spoken by plantation workers in Samoa. It is closely related to Tok Pisin, due to the large number of New Guinean laborers in Samoa.

External links[edit]

Mühlhäusler, Peter (1983). "Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin". In Ellen Woolford, William Washabaugh (ed.). The Social Context of Creolization. pp. 28–76.

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