Bass Strait Pidgin

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.^[3]

Bass Strait Pidgin
(unattested)
Native to	Australia
Region	Bass Strait
Era	Early 19th century
Language family	English Creole, with elements, mainly, of the Flinders Island Lingua franca.[1] Also, contained words from the New Holland tribes, as well as, negrito words.[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–