Tok Pisin
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Tok Pisin (pronounced: /ˌtɔːk ˈpɪsɪn/) is a market language used in parts of the South Pacific, mainly Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, but also in areas of Vanuatu, where a second language known as Bislama is also spoken. A market language is one which is used as an everyday language between people who don't speak a common language.
| Tok Pisin | ||||
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| Native to | Papua New Guinea | |||
| Native speakers | 122,000 (2004) 4 million L2 speakers | |||
| Language family | English Creole
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| Official status | ||||
| Official language in |  Papua New Guinea | |||
| Language codes | ||||
| ISO 639-2 | tpi | |||
| ISO 639-3 | tpi | |||
| Linguasphere | 52-ABB-cc | |||
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Tok Pisin is a Creole language, meaning that it's a mixture of other languages, mainly English, German and Tahitian.
Tok Pisin Media
- WIKITONGUES- Priscilla speaking Tok Pisin.webm
A Tok Pisin speaker, recorded in Taiwan
A 1971 reference book on Tok Pisin (referring to the language as Melanesian Pidgin)
- Tok-Pisin New-Guinea-Pidgin Pidgin-English Melanesian-Pidgin Papua-New-Guinea-Hotel-Room-Door-Sign (DSC 3096).jpg
Hotel room door signs in Papua New Guinea
- Lae War Cemetery TokPisin sign at front gate.jpg
A bilingual sign in English and Tok Pisin, displayed at the Lae War Cemetery (Lae, Papua New Guinea).
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This language has its own Wikipedia project. See the Tok Pisin edition. |
