Neo-Melanesian

Neo-Melanesian
/nee'oh mel'euh nee"zheuhn, -sheuhn/, n.
a pidgin language based on English and spoken in Melanesia, New Guinea, and NE Australia. Also called Beach-la-mar, bêche-de-mer.
[1960-65]

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