Bislama

Bislama is a creole or pidgin, spoken in Vanuatu and France. Wikidata counts about 10,000 speakers (2011). Wikidata describes it as “English-based creole language of Vanuatu”.

1 · NationalLatn Avoiuli 10,000

Wikidata record Glottolog

At a glance

ISO 639-3: bis
ISO 639-1: bi
Glottocode: bisl1239
Family: unclassified
EGIDS: 1 National
Centre point: -17.60, 168.30
Wikipedia: 80 language editions

—first-language speakers

—second-language speakers

2countries

2scripts

—levels in the tree

1EGIDS level

Facts

Name	Bislama
Also called	bi, Bislama language, Bichelamar
All speakers	10,000 (2011)
Written in	Latin script, Avoiuli
Official in	Vanuatu
Kind	creole or pidgin

Vitality

EGIDS 1 National1

Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.

Other languages at this level

where it is spoken

Map and countries

A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.

Map of the area where Bislama is spoken — Map: Fobos92 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Vanuatuofficial · 113 languages in the index France84 languages in the index

Also spoken in Vanuatu

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · International fraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · International tonTonganAustronesian · 186,0101 · National appApmaAustronesian · 7,8006a · Vigorous tnpWhitesandsAustronesian · 7,5007 · Shifting mxeMele-FilaAustronesian · 3,5005 · Developing mllMalua BayAustronesian · 6006b · Threatened lnnNethalpAustronesian · 3406b · Threatened aulAuluaAustronesian · 3006a · Vigorous mmmMaiiAustronesian · 1806b · Threatened