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Article: Terry Crowley. 2004. Bislama reference grammar.(Book Review)
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- Oceanic Linguistics
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- June 1, 2005
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Terry Crowley. 2004. Bislama reference grammar. Oceanic Linguistics Special Publication No. 31. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 0-8248-2880-1. xv + 205 pp. US$27.00, paper.
Bislama is the national language of Vanuatu. It is an English-based creole closely related to both Tok Pisin and Solomons Pijin, and yet clearly distinct from them as well. It is one of Vanuatu's three official languages, but it is not yet recognized as a medium of instruction--this privilege is still accorded to only French and English, the languages of the former colonial adminstrators. In recent years, some vernacular languages have also been tried as the medium of instruction ...