TY - CHAP
T1 - Pidgin Hindustani
AU - Siegel, Jeff
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Pidgin Hindustani is a restricted pidgin that, along with Pidgin Fijian, is used for interethnic communication in Fiji. Sociohistorical background Fiji is a group of 300 islands in the Southwest Pacific on the border of the cultural areas of Melanesia and Polynesia. The Fijian language, spoken throughout the group, consists of many dialects, some of which are not mutually intelligible. However, one particular variety of the language today known as standard Fijian has served as the lingua franca among the indigenous population.
AB - Pidgin Hindustani is a restricted pidgin that, along with Pidgin Fijian, is used for interethnic communication in Fiji. Sociohistorical background Fiji is a group of 300 islands in the Southwest Pacific on the border of the cultural areas of Melanesia and Polynesia. The Fijian language, spoken throughout the group, consists of many dialects, some of which are not mutually intelligible. However, one particular variety of the language today known as standard Fijian has served as the lingua franca among the indigenous population.
KW - Language in Culture and Society (Sociolinguistics)
KW - Linguistic Structures (incl Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics)
UR - http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/204880786
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9780199691425
SN - 9780199691432
VL - III: Contact Languages Based on Languages from Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas
T3 - Oxford Linguistics
SP - 114
EP - 118
BT - The Survey of Pidgin and Creole Languages
A2 - Maria Michaelis, Susanne
A2 - Maurer, Philippe
A2 - Haspelmath, Martin
A2 - Huber, Magnus
PB - Oxford University Press
CY - Oxford, United Kingdom
ER -