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Pijin

language
Class type of: English-based creole languages, pidgin, English Q36699

Facts

9 properties
Instance of
language, creole, modern language[6][7]
Country
Solomon Islands[5]
Subclass of
English-based creole languages, pidgin, English
Different from
pidgin[10]
Ethnologue language status
3 Wider Communication[12]
Indigenous to
Solomon Islands[11]
Maintained by WikiProject
Obelepédia[13]
Number of speakers, writers, or signers
25,000[9]
Writing system
Latin script[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en Solomon Pijin en Pijin en Pijin language en pis en Solomon Islands Pidgin en Solomon Islands Pidgin English en Solomon Islands Pijin da solomonøers pidgin es Pidgin salomonense es Pijin fr pidgin des îles Salomon it lingua pijin ja ピジン語 ko 피진어 nl Solomon-eilanders Pidgin pl Język neosalomoński pt Língua pijin ru Нео-соломоник ru Пиджин ru Пиджин Соломоновых Островов
🔖 Identifiers · 14
ABS ASCL 2011 code
9405
BLL-Ontology concept ID
bll-133110311
Ethnologue.com language code
pis
Exact match
publications.europa.eu, grambank.clld.org
Freebase ID
/m/02hxk3b
Glottolog code
piji1239
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
3138226
IETF language tag
pis
ISO 639-3 code
pis
J9U entity ID
987007542410405171
KBpedia ID
SolomonIslandsPidginLanguage
Linguasphere code
52-ABB-cd
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OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
1701990
Topic's main category
Category:Pijin language

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 3
creole, language, modern language
Subclass of 3
English, pidgin, English-based creole languages
Country 1
Solomon Islands
Different from 1
pidgin
Indigenous to 1
Solomon Islands
Topic's main category 1
Category:Pijin language
Writing system 1
Latin script
← Category combines topics 1
Category:Pijin lemmas
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Pijin language
← Language of work or name 1
jw.org
← Language used 1
Solomon Islands
← Official language 1
Solomon Islands Football Federation
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Summary

Pijin is a language[1]. Pijin is a type of English-based creole languages[2], pidgin[3], and English[4].

Related Entities

Solomon Islands

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · Mahir256 · 2026-11-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    BLL-Ontology concept ID → bll-133110311
    Exact match → http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/PI, https://grambank.clld.org/languages/piji1239
    "Removed claim: Exact match: http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133110311, batch #294332"
  2. 25w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Solomon Islands
    Indigenous to → Solomon Islands
    Number of speakers, writers, or signers → 25,000
    Writing system → Latin alphabet, Latin script
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007542410405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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