Bass Strait Pidgin
| Bass Strait Pidgin | |
|---|---|
| (unattested) | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Bass Strait |
| Era | Early 19th century |
English Creole, with elements, mainly, of the Flinders Island Lingua franca. Also, contained words from the New Holland tribes, as well as, negrito words. | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
Bass Strait Pidgin was an unattested English-based pidgin language spoken in the Bass Strait islands of Australia. It likely developed in the early 1800s as a result of contact between European sealers and Aboriginal women abducted from Tasmania.