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| Samoan Plantation Pidgin | ||
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| Spoken in: | Samoa | |
| Language extinction: | Effectively extinct. | |
| Language family: | English-based pidgin | |
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| ISO 639-1: | None | |
| ISO 639-2: | cpe | |
| ISO 639-3: | –
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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.
References
- Mühlhäusler, Peter (1983). "Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin". in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh. The Social Context of Creolization. pp. 28–76.
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