Bass Strait Pidgin

English-based pidgin language

Bass Strait Pidgin

Native to| Australia
Region| Bass Strait
Era| Early 19th century

Language family

English Creole, with elements, mainly, of the Flinders Island Lingua franca.[1] Also, contained words from the New Holland tribes, as well as, negrito words.[2]

Language codes
ISO 639-3| –

Bass Strait Pidgin was an unattested English-based pidgin language spoken in the Bass Strait islands of Australia. It likely developed in the early 1800s as a result of contact between European sealers and Aboriginal women abducted from Tasmania.[3]

## References

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1. ^ Rob Amery & Peter Mühlhäusler (2011) 'Pidgin English in New South Wales', in Wurm, Mühlhäusler, & Tryon (eds.)
2. ^ Wurm, Stephen A., Peter Mühlhäusler, Darrell T. Tryon (eds.). 2011. Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, Asia, and the Americas, Vol I: Maps. Vol II: Texts.
3. ^ Wurm, Stephen A.; Mühlhäusler, Peter; Tryon, Darrel T., eds. (2011). Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, Asia, and the Americas. pp. 27, 43. doi:10.1515/9783110819724. ISBN 9783110819724.

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Languages of Australia

English varieties|

* Australian
* Western Australian
* South Australian
* Australian Aboriginal
* Torres Strait

Major Indigenous
languages|

* Anindilyakwa
* Arrernte
* Burarra
* Kalaw Lagaw Ya
* Murrinh Patha
* Tiwi
* Walmajarri
* Warlpiri
* Warumungu
* Western Desert
* Luritja
* Pintupi
* Pitjantjatjara
* Yolŋu Matha
* Dhuwal
* Djambarrpuyngu

Language families|

* Bunuban
* Daly (5 families)
* Darwin Region? (3 families/isolates)
* Garrwan
* Giimbiyu
* Iwaidjan
* Jarrakan
* Macro-Gunwinyguan? (5-6 families/isolates)
* Marrku–Wurrugu?
* Mirndi
* Nyulnyulan
* Pama–Nyungan
* Tangkic
* Tasmanian (4 families?)
* Tiwi
* Worrorran
* Yangmanic (incl. Wagiman)?

Pidgins, creoles and
mixed languages|

* Angloromani
* Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin
* Cocos Malay
* Gurindji Kriol
* Kriol
* Light Warlpiri
* Norfuk
* Port Jackson Pidgin English
* Queensland Kanaka English
* South Australian Pidgin English
* Torres Strait Creole

Major immigrant languages|

* Arabic
* Chinese
* Cantonese
* Mandarin
* Greek
* Hindi
* Italian
* Korean
* Maltese
* Nepali
* Punjabi
* Spanish
* Tagalog
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* Vietnamese

Major foreign languages|

* Arabic
* Chinese
* French
* German
* Greek
* Indonesian
* Italian
* Japanese
* Spanish

Sign languages|

* Auslan
* Australian Aboriginal
* Indigenous Sign Language
* Australian Irish Sign Language

* Aboriginal Australians
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Creoles, pidgins and mixed languages (list of creole languages)

Creoles

| Arabic-based|

* Juba Arabic
* Nubi

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Dutch-based|

* Berbice
* Negerhollands
* Javindo
* Jersey Dutch
* Negro Dutch
* Mohawk Dutch
* Petjo
* Skepi Dutch Creole

English-based|

| Atlantic|

| Africa|

* Krio
* Aku
* Merico
* West African Pidgin English
* Cameroonian Pidgin
* Pichinglis
* Ghanaian Pidgin English
* Liberian Kreyol
* Nigerian Pidgin

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Eastern Caribbean|

* Bajan Creole
* Grenadian Creole English
* Gullah
* Afro-Seminole Creole
* Guyanese Creole
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* Leeward Caribbean Creole English
* Anguillian Creole
* Montserrat Creole
* Saint Kitts Creole
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* Saramaccan (English and Portuguese based)
* Matawai
* Sranan Tongo
* Tobagonian Creole
* Trinidadian Creole
* Vincentian Creole
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Western Caribbean|

* Bahamian Creole
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* Jamaican Maroon Creole
* Jamaican Patois
* Bocas del Toro Creole
* Limonese Creole
* Miskito Coast Creole
* Rama Cay Creole
* San Andrés–Providencia Creole
* Turks and Caicos Creole

Pacific|

* Australian Kriol
* Bonin English
* Hawaiian Pidgin
* Manglish
* Melanesian Pidgin
* Bislama
* Pijin
* Tok Pisin
* Ngatikese Creole
* Pitcairn-Norfolk
* Singlish
* Torres Strait Creole

French-based|

| The Americas|

* Antillean Creole
* Dominican Creole French
* Grenadian Creole French
* Saint Lucian Creole
* French Guianese Creole
* Haitian Creole
* Karipúna French Creole
* Louisiana Creole

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Indian and Pacific Oceans|

* Bourbonnais Creole
* Agalega Creole
* Chagossian Creole
* Mauritian Creole
* Réunion Creole
* Rodriguan Creole
* Seychellois Creole
* Tayo Creole

Malay-based|

* Baba Malay
* Peranakan
* Balinese Malay
* Betawi
* Cocos Malay
* Eastern Indonesian Malay
* Alor Malay
* Ambonese Malay
* Banda Malay
* Dili Malay
* Gorap
* Kupang Malay
* Larantuka Malay
* Manado Malay
* Maumere Malay
* North Moluccan Malay
* Sula Malay
* Papuan Malay
* Serui Malay
* Malaccan Creole Malay
* Orang Pulo
* Sabah Malay
* Sri Lankan Malay

Portuguese-based|

| Africa|

| Upper Guinea|

* Cape Verdean Creole
* Sotavento Creoles
* Fogo Creole
* Santiago Creole
* Barlavento Creoles
* Santo Antão Creole
* São Nicolau Creole
* São Vicente Creole
* Guinea-Bissau Creole

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Gulf of Guinea|

* Angolar Creole
* Annobonese Creole
* Forro Creole
* Principense Creole

Asia|

| Indo-Portuguese|

* Bengali Portuguese Creole
* Indo-Portuguese Creole of Bombay
* Cannanore Portuguese Creole
* Cochin Portuguese Creole
* Daman and Diu Portuguese Creole
* Daman
* Diu
* Korlai Portuguese Creole
* Sri Lankan Portuguese Creole

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Southeast Asia|

* Bidau Creole Portuguese
* Kristang
* Mardijker Creole
* Portugis

Others|

* Macanese Patois
* Papiamento (with Dutch and Spanish influences)
* Saramaccan (English and Portuguese based)
* Matawai

Spanish-based|

* Bozal Spanish
* Chavacano
* Palenquero

Other languages|

* Assamese-based: Nagamese
* Chinese-based: Tangwang
* German-based: Unserdeutsch
* Hindi-based: Andaman Creole Hindi
* Japanese-based: Yilan Creole Japanese, Kanbun Kundoku (Chinese and Japanese-based)
* Kongo-based: Kituba
* Ngbandi-based: Sango
* Oorlams Creole (possibly Afrikaans-based)
* Pretoria Sotho (Sotho–Tswana-based)
* Sinhala-based: Vedda language
* Tsotsitaal (Tswana-based)

Pidgins

| English-based|

* Aboriginal Pidgin English
* American Indian Pidgin English
* Cameroonian Pidgin English
* Chinese Pidgin English
* Butler English (India)
* Hawaiian Pidgin English
* Japanese Bamboo English
* Japanese Pidgin English
* Korean Bamboo English
* Kru Pidgin English
* Liberian Interior Pidgin English
* Micronesian Pidgin English
* Nauru Pidgin English
* Nigerian Pidgin
* Papua New Guinea Pidgin
* Papuan Pidgin English (distinct from Tok Pisin)
* Port Jackson Pidgin English (ancestral to Australian Kriol)
* Queensland Kanaka English
* Samoan Plantation Pidgin
* Solomon Islands Pijin
* Solombala-English
* Thai Pidgin English
* Tok Pisin
* West African Pidgin English (multiple varieties)
* Bislama

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Other languages|

* Algonquian–Basque pidgin
* Arafundi-Enga Pidgin
* Bamboo English
* Barikanchi Pidgin
* Basque–Icelandic pidgin
* Bimbashi Arabic
* Bislama (creolized)
* Bongor Arabic
* Borgarmålet
* Bozal Spanish
* Broken Oghibbeway
* Broken Slavey
* Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin
* Camtho
* Cameroonian Pidgin English (creolized)
* Cocoliche
* Duvle-Wano Pidgin
* Eskimo Trade Jargon
* Ewondo Populaire
* Fanagalo (Pidgin Zulu)
* Français Tirailleur
* Haflong Hindi
* International Sign
* Inuktitut-English Pidgin
* Kiautschou Pidgin German
* KiKAR (Swahili pidgin)
* Kwoma-Manambu Pidgin
* Kyakhta Russian–Chinese Pidgin
* Kyowa-go
* Labrador Inuit Pidgin French
* Loucheux Jargon
* Madras Bashai
* Maridi Arabic
* Maritime Polynesian Pidgin
* Mediterranean Lingua Franca (Sabir)
* Mekeo pidgins
* Mobilian Jargon
* Namibian Black German
* Ndyuka-Tiriyó Pidgin
* Nefamese
* Nigerian Pidgin (creolized)
* Nootka Jargon
* Pidgin Delaware
* Pidgin Hawaiian
* Pidgin Iha
* Pidgin Ngarluma
* Pidgin Onin
* Pidgin Wolof
* Pijin (creolized)
* Roquetas Pidgin Spanish
* Russenorsk
* Settler Swahili
* Taimyr Pidgin Russian
* Tây Bồi Pidgin French
* Tinglish
* Te Parau Tinito
* Tok Pisin (creolized)
* Turku Arabic
* West Greenlandic Pidgin
* Yokohama Pidgin Japanese
* Xieheyu

Mixed languages

* Arabic-Javanese of Klego
* Bolze
* Bonin English
* Cappadocian Greek
* Cauque Mayan language
* Cypriot Maronite-Arabic
* Dao
* E
* Gadal
* Gurindji Kriol
* Hezhou
* Lingling
* Língua Geral Amazônica
* Língua Geral Paulista
* Light Warlpiri
* Makassar Malay
* Mbugu
* Media Lengua
* Mednyj Aleut
* Michif
* Missingsch
* Para-Romani languages
* Petuh
* Tangwang
* Tansi
* Waxiang
* Wutunhua

* Italics indicate extinct languages
* Languages between parentheses are varieties of the language on their left.

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