Tok Pisin

Creole (English lexicon)4 million totalLatin

RegionPapua New Guinea

FamilyCreole (English lexicon)

Speakers4 million total

ScriptLatin

TypeAlphabetic

About Tok Pisin

The most widely used language of Papua New Guinea, the most multilingual country on Earth. Grew from plantation pidgin into a true creole with native speakers. Mostly English words carried on Melanesian grammar. One of three official languages of parliament. Tok means talk and pisin means pidgin.

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