Tok Pisin
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Tok Pisin is an English-based creole language widely spoken in Papua New Guinea, where it serves as a major lingua franca and one of the country’s primary official languages.
Aliases (2)
- Bislama ×1
- New Guinea Pidgin ×1
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English-based creole
→
creole language → language of Papua New Guinea → lingua franca → |
| alternativeName |
Melanesian Pidgin
→
New Guinea Pidgin → |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Bislama
→
Pijin → |
| countryOrRegion |
Papua New Guinea
→
|
| developedFrom |
English-based pidgins used in the Pacific
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|
| developedIn |
19th century
→
plantation and trade contexts in the Pacific → |
| glottocode |
tokp1240
→
|
| hasBibleTranslation |
yes
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|
| hasFeature |
SVO basic word order
→
adjectives often follow nouns → extensive use of compounding and periphrasis → inclusive and exclusive first person plural distinction → many idiomatic calques from English → many lexical items derived from English → plural marking with "ol" → prepositions derived from English words → productive reduplication → pronoun system distinct from English → reduced inflectional morphology → relatively simple phonology compared to English → use of preverbal tense-aspect-mood markers → |
| hasRole |
national lingua franca of Papua New Guinea
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|
| hasSubstrateInfluenceFrom |
Austronesian languages
→
Papuan languages → |
| ISO639-1Code |
tpi
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|
| ISO639-3Code |
tpi
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|
| languageFamily |
English-based creole languages
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|
| officialStatusIn |
Papua New Guinea
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|
| primaryLexifierLanguage |
English
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|
| spokenAsFirstLanguageBy |
growing number of urban Papua New Guineans
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|
| spokenAsSecondLanguageBy |
majority of Papua New Guinea population
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|
| spokenBy |
indigenous populations of Papua New Guinea
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urban populations in Papua New Guinea → |
| usedAs |
language of wider communication in Papua New Guinea
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|
| usedFor |
interethnic communication in Papua New Guinea
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|
| usedIn |
education in Papua New Guinea
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government in Papua New Guinea → media in Papua New Guinea → newspapers in Papua New Guinea → parliamentary debates in Papua New Guinea → radio broadcasting in Papua New Guinea → religious services in Papua New Guinea → |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
→
|
Referenced by (18)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Neo-Solomonic
→
Solomon Islands Pijin → Solomon Islands Pijin ("Bislama") → |
closelyRelatedTo |
|
Oceania
→
Western Pacific Region → |
hasOfficialLanguage |
|
James Marape
→
Rabaul → |
languageSpoken |
|
Papua New Guinea
→
WPRO → |
officialLanguage |
|
Hiri Motu
→
Pijin → |
relatedTo |
|
Tok Pisin
("New Guinea Pidgin")
→
|
alternativeName |
|
Port Moresby
→
|
commonlySpokenLanguage |
|
Order of Logohu
→
|
hasMottoLanguage |
|
PNG
→
|
languageOfCountry |
|
Papua New Guinean kina
→
|
languageOfName |
|
National Parliament of Papua New Guinea
→
|
languageUsed |
|
Papua New Guinea
→
|
nationalLanguage |