Maps of Hindi-Based Creoles
Fiji: Pidgins, Creoles and Lingua Francas
Fiji: Pidgins, Creoles and Lingua Francas
Data Source:
Tryon, Darrell. 2007. Australia:Time of Contact. Atlas of the World's Languages, ed. by R. E. Asher and Christopher Moseley, 131. Oxford: Routledge.
"Pacific Pidgins and Creoles: Composite". MultiTree: A Digital Library of Language Relationships
Date Digitized: August 2011
Map Description:
Two pidgin varieties exist in Fiji: Pidgin Hindi and Modern Pidgin Fijian. Both pidgins are thought to have approximately 50000 speakers each. This map shows the distribution of both varieties within Fiji.
This original map was made by vectorizing data from the MultiTree language database and the Atlas of the World's Languages.
Other LLMAP resources related to this project:
This folder (Australia and the Pacific: Pidgins, Creoles and Lingua Francas) contains other maps which show the distribution of varieties spoken in this region. These maps can be observed side-by-side.
Note: Scanned or downloaded images have been geo-registered
for compatibility with our project interface. Slight
imperfections are an inevitable result of the registration
process.