Tok Pisin

English creole spoken in Papua New Guinea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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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.

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Tok Pisin is a Creole language, meaning that it's a mixture of other languages, mainly English, German and Tahitian.

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