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ˌNeo-Melaˈnesian
[f. neo- + Melanesian n.]
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1961Webster, Neo-melanesian, an English-based pidgin language used in New Guinea and the Solomon islands. 1962Listener 20 Sept. 418/2 This word ‘neo-Melanesian’ is an indication of the changed status that pidgin English has in south-east Asia. The name is given to the pidgin that is spoken particularly in places like New Guinea, and a translation of the Bible has appeared in neo-Melanesian; grammars of neo-Melanesian and a dictionary of neo-Melanesian have appeared. 1972W. B. Lockwood Panorama Indo-European Lang. 120 An important language used in the South Seas, technically known as Neo-Melanesian, but more popularly as Beach-la-Mar... Beach-la-Mar came to denote the Pidgin English spoken between East Australian and Melanesian tripang fishermen... Neo-Melanesian is..of obvious political importance. 1973Sunday Times (Colour Suppl.) 10 June 42/2 Pidgin is taught as a subject at Brisbane University and is referred to by some American scholars as ‘Neo-Melanesian’. |