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Tok Pisin is a creole language—a simplified blend of English and local languages—that is widely spoken in Papua New Guinea as a common language between people who speak different native languages. It matters because it serves as a bridge for communication and unity across Papua New Guinea's hundreds of diverse language communities.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- creole
- Subclass of
- English-based creole languages
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Image
- Lae War Cemetery TokPisin sign at front gate2.jpg
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- female form of label
- la langue tok pisin
- writing system
- Latin alphabet
- native label
- Tok Pisin
- number of speakers, writers, or signers
- 4000000
- Wikimedia language code
- tpi
- linguistic typology
- subject–verb–object
- indigenous to
- Papua New Guinea
- topic's main category
- Category:Tok Pisin
- P10369
- Uzbekistan
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Encyclopedic overview
A Tok Pisin speaker, recorded in Taiwan
Tok Pisin ( English: /tɒk ˈpɪsɪn/ TOK PISS-in, /tɔːk, -zɪn/ tawk, -zin; Tok Pisin: [tok pisin]), often referred to by English speakers as New Guinea Pidgin or simply Pidgin, is an English creole language spoken throughout Papua New Guinea. It is an official language of Papua New Guinea and the most widely used language in the country. In parts of the southern provinces of Western, Gulf, Central, Oro, and Milne Bay, the use of Tok Pisin has a shorter history and is less universal, especially among older people.
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