Pidgin: The Languages Of Oceania (Lonely Planet Phrasebooks)

The best available guide to the pidgins and creols of Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, north Australia and Torres Strait. These fascinating languages have developed from English, so you'll recognize plenty of words, but their grammar, sentence structure and extensive vocabularies mean that you'll find this phrasebook invaluable in understanding the language around you.In This Guide:Wherever you travel in the region, and despite the huge numbers of local languages, you can still communicate easily.Cultural tips throughout.Get around without a hitch.