Club Nouméa's Tiki Tour of Vanuatu - Tiki Travel

CN Club Nouméa Member Wanganui Joined: May 03, 2010 Posts: 459	CN Club Nouméa Posted posted on Wed, Jun 15, 2011 1:41 AM Thanks for all the positive feedback folks - I will be posting more stuff soon. Yes, Virani, there is definitely a Polynesian connection with the verb "to eat". There are a few Polynesian words in Bislama, although I don't know whether it is because the first European explorers and traders introduced these words, or whether it is because of the Futuna Islanders who settled on the island of West Futuna in Vanuatu several hundred years ago, or possibly these words were introduced by the Polynesian migrant workers imported by European settlers in the 19th century to work on their plantations and farms. CN

Thanks for all the positive feedback folks - I will be posting more stuff soon.

Yes, Virani, there is definitely a Polynesian connection with the verb "to eat". There are a few Polynesian words in Bislama, although I don't know whether it is because the first European explorers and traders introduced these words, or whether it is because of the Futuna Islanders who settled on the island of West Futuna in Vanuatu several hundred years ago, or possibly these words were introduced by the Polynesian migrant workers imported by European settlers in the 19th century to work on their plantations and farms.

Post #593720 by Club Nouméa on Wed, Jun 15, 2011 1:41 AM