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Neo-Melanesian

American  
[nee-oh-mel-uh-nee-zhuhn, -shuhn] / ˌni oʊˌmɛl əˈni ʒən, -ʃən /

noun

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

Neo-Melanesian British  

noun

  1. Also called: Beach-la-Mar.  an English-based creole language widely spoken in the SW Pacific, with borrowings from other languages, esp Motu

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Etymology

Origin of Neo-Melanesian

First recorded in 1960–65

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