Tok Pisin
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| Tok Pisin | ||||
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| Native to | Papua New Guinea | |||
| Native speakers | 122,000 (2004) 4 million L2 speakers |
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| Language family |
English Creole
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| Official status | ||||
| Official language in |  Papua New Guinea |
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| Language codes | ||||
| ISO 639-2 | tpi | |||
| ISO 639-3 | tpi | |||
| Linguasphere | 52-ABB-cc | |||
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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 is also spoken known as Bislama. 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.
