Tok Pisin - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tok Pisin | |
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Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | 122,000 (2004) 4 million L2 speakers |
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 |
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 is a Creole language, meaning that it's a mixture of other languages, mainly English, German and Tahitian.
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