Melanesian Pidgin orNeo-Melanesian language comprises four related English-derived languages of Melanesia:

• Bislama, of Vanuatu^[1]
• Solomon Islands Pidgin^[1]
• Tok Pisin, of Papua New Guinea^[1][2]
• Torres Strait Creole, of the Torres Strait Islands and parts of Cape York

Torres Strait Creole is the least closely related of the four, and is sometimes treated as a separate from the other three.^[2]

These languages are based on a mixture of asubstrate of Eastern Oceanic languages, andsubstrate of German (from the era ofGerman New Guinea) and/or English (due to "blackbirding", where Melanesians were indentured to work on plantations inQueensland,Australia). Worldwide nautical jargon/pidgins have also contributed to the languages.^{[1][2]: 546}

• Peter Mühlhäusler (3 October 2002)."Pidgin English and the Melanesian Mission".Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages.17 (2):237–263.doi:10.1075/JPCL.17.2.04MUH.ISSN 0920-9034.Wikidata Q134700881.
• Karin Speedy (November 2013)."Reflections on creole genesis in New Caledonia".Acta Linguistica Hafniensia.45 (2):187–205.doi:10.1080/03740463.2014.897817.ISSN 0374-0463.Wikidata Q134700946.
• Peter Mühlhäusler,The Changing Status of Melanesian Pidgin English,doi:10.1515/9783110851625.253,Wikidata Q134700947
• D. T. Tryon; J. A. Bennett; P. Muhlhausler (31 December 1979),Some English-based Pidgins in the Southwestern Pacific, pp. 53–78,doi:10.1515/9783110820775-005,Wikidata Q134700948

• Micronesian Pidgin English, spoken in nineteenth-century Micronesia
• Pidgin (disambiguation)

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