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Neo-Melanesian

[ nee-oh-mel-uh-nee-zhuhn, -shuhn ]

noun

  1. a pidgin language based on English and spoken in Melanesia, New Guinea, and NE Australia.


Neo-Melanesian

noun

  1. an English-based creole language widely spoken in the SW Pacific, with borrowings from other languages, esp Motu Also calledBeach-la-Mar
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Neo-Melanesian1

First recorded in 1960–65

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