Bislama corpus

This collection was gathered as part of the Pacific Creoles Project (2022-2025), which focused on creating contemporary recordings of Tok Pisin, Solomon Islands Pijin, and Bislama. The recordings are informal interviews and monologues and cover a wide range of topics and experiences, with a focus on natural disasters and challenging situations. Some recordings include content that may be distressing for some listeners, for example, graphic accounts of personal loss, injury, or conflict.

The majority of recordings were made in-country (Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu) by local teams in conjunction with Australian researchers from The Australian National University and The University of Melbourne, and in collaboration with local partners. Some recordings were also made with speakers of the corpus languages in Australia.
The core collection is audio, but many items include video and/or and time-aligned transcription files created in ELAN.

The Pacific Creoles Project was funded by the Commonwealth of Australia. Chief Investigators were Danielle Barth, Bethwyn Evans, Nicholas Evans, and Nick Thieberger. Research Associates on the project were Mae Carroll, Kirsty Gillespie, Sam Passmore, and Lila San Roque.

该数据集采集自2022至2025年开展的太平洋克里奥尔语项目（Pacific Creoles Project），本项目旨在制作托克皮辛语（Tok Pisin）、所罗门群岛皮钦语（Solomon Islands Pijin）及比斯拉马语（Bislama）的当代音视频记录。本次录制内容均为非正式访谈与独白，涵盖多元主题与个人经历，核心聚焦自然灾害及逆境处境相关话题。部分录制内容可能令部分听众感到不适，例如涉及个人损失、受伤或冲突的细节描述。

绝大多数录制工作由当地团队在项目覆盖国（巴布亚新几内亚、所罗门群岛与瓦努阿图）境内开展，合作方包括来自澳大利亚国立大学（The Australian National University）及墨尔本大学（The University of Melbourne）的澳大利亚研究者，同时与当地伙伴协作完成。另有部分录制工作在澳大利亚境内面向语料库语言使用者开展。

本数据集核心为音频文件，但多数条目同时包含视频文件，以及使用ELAN制作的时间对齐转录文本。

太平洋克里奥尔语项目由澳大利亚联邦（Commonwealth of Australia）资助。本项目首席研究员为Danielle Barth、Bethwyn Evans、Nicholas Evans及Nick Thieberger；项目研究助理包括Mae Carroll、Kirsty Gillespie、Sam Passmore与Lila San Roque。