See Bislama on Wiktionary
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"dated"
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"alternative",
"dated"
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"alternative",
"dated"
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},
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"Terms with Bislama translations",
"Terms with Central Bikol translations",
"Terms with Cherokee translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Faroese translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Georgian translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Greek translations",
"Terms with Irish translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Malay translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Tagalog translations",
"Terms with Thai translations",
"Terms with Turkish translations",
"Terms with Ukrainian translations",
"Ukrainian terms with redundant transliterations",
"en:Languages",
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"General-American"
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"ipa": "/ˈbɪʃləmɑː/",
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"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"lang_code": "hy",
"roman": "bislama",
"sense": "a creole spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu",
"word": "բիսլամա"
},
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"sense": "a creole spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu",
"word": "Bislama"
},
{
"code": "bi",
"lang": "Bislama",
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"sense": "a creole spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu",
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"archaic"
],
"word": "Bislaman"
},
{
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Central Bikol",
"lang_code": "bcl",
"sense": "a creole spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu",
"word": "Bislama"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"lang_code": "chr",
"roman": "quislama",
"sense": "a creole spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu",
"word": "ᏈᏍᎳᎹ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "Bǐsīlāmǎyǔ",
"sense": "a creole spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu",
"word": "比斯拉馬語 /比斯拉马语"
},
{
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"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "a creole spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Bislama"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"lang_code": "fo",
"sense": "a creole spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bislama"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "a creole spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu",
"word": "bislama"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "a creole spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bichelamar"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"lang_code": "ka",
"roman": "bislama",
"sense": "a creole spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu",
"word": "ბისლამა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "a creole spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Bislama"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "Bisláma",
"sense": "a creole spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Μπισλάμα"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "a creole spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Bioslaimis"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "a creole spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu",
"word": "bislama"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "Bisurama-go",
"sense": "a creole spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu",
"word": "ビスラマ語"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"lang_code": "ms",
"sense": "a creole spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu",
"word": "bahasa Bislama"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "a creole spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu",
"word": "bislama"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "a creole spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bislamá"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "a creole spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu",
"word": "бислама"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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"sense": "a creole spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bislama"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
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"sense": "a creole spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu",
"word": "Bislama"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"lang_code": "th",
"roman": "paasăa bìtlaamaa",
"sense": "a creole spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu",
"word": "ภาษาบิสลามา"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "a creole spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu",
"word": "Bislama"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "bislama",
"sense": "a creole spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "біслама"
}
],
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}
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