Tok Pisin
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 |
English Creole
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Official language in |  Papua New Guinea |
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| ISO 639-2 | tpi |
| ISO 639-3 | tpi |
| Linguasphere | 52-ABB-cc |
Tok Pisin is a Creole language, meaning that it's a mixture of other languages, mainly English, German and Tahitian.
Tok Pisin edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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