Bislama Informational Report - RITELL

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Vocabulary:• The major lexifier for Bislama is English, with words such as brijfor ‘bridge’ and buluk for ‘cow’ (from bullock).• Some of the words of English origin in Bislama are archaic, forexample: masket for ‘rifle’ (from “musket”).• Some words are stylistically restricted, for example: puskat for‘cat’ (from “pussy cat”).• Other words of English origin have meanings which are modeledmore on what is found in local Oceanic languages, such as han,which means both ‘hand’ and ‘arm’, while leg means both ‘foot’and ‘leg’.• However, there are a number of common words of French originin Bislama as well, such as kabine, ‘toilet’ (from cabinet) andpima, ‘chili’ (from “piment”).Source: www.hawaii.edu/satocenter/langnet/definitions/bislama.html
Bislama alphabet and pronunciationSample text in Bislama:Evri man mo woman i bon fri mo ikwol long respek mo ol raet.Translation:All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.www.omniglot.com/writing/bislama.php
Page 5: Bislama is a Dialect of:•Melanesi
Page 9 and 10: Phonology: Consonants• The conson
Page 11 and 12: Semantics:• When you want to say
Page 13 and 14: Common mistakes in Bislama language
Page 15 and 16: ResourcesBooksGraddol, D., Leith, D
Page 17: M.Ed. in TESL ProgramNancy Cloud, D

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