Bislama Definition
bĭs-lämə
noun
A creole language widely spoken in Vanuatu having a vocabulary largely of English origin.
American Heritage
pronoun
A creole spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu, derived from Indo-European and Malay languages.
Wiktionary
Origin of Bislama
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Borrowing from Bislama, from French bêche-de-mer (“sea cucumber"). In the mid-nineteenth century, sea cucumbers were harvested and dried at the same time that sandalwood was gathered. The name came to be associated with the kind of pidgin speech that was used by the local laborers between themselves, as well as their English-speaking overseers.
From Wiktionary
Bislama from English Beach-la-Mar
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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