Tok Pisin Language (tpi) - Revision history

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<tr><td><b>Also Known As:</b> Pisin,Neomelanesian,Pidgin,New Guinea Pidgin English,Melanesian English

<b>Description:</b>

Tok Pisin (pronounced /ˌtɔːk ˈpɪzɪn/; tok is derived from English "talk" but like many such words has a wider application, also meaning "word" or "speech" and even "language" - pisin is derived from English "pidgin" and for its speakers is simply the name of the language) is a creole spoken throughout Papua New Guinea; in parts of Western, Gulf, Central, Oro Province and Milne Bay Provinces the use of Tok Pisin has a shorter history, and is less universal, especially among older people. It is an official language of Papua New Guinea and the most widely used language in that country.
Between 5 and 6 million people use Tok Pisin to some degree, although by no means all of these speak it well. Between 1 and 2 million are exposed to it as a first language, in particular the children of parents or grandparents originally speaking different vernaculars (say, a mother from Madang and a father from Rabaul). Urban families in particular, and those of police and defence force members, often communicate between themselves in Tok Pisin, either never gaining fluency in a vernacular ("tok ples"), or learning a vernacular as a second (or third) language, after Tok Pisin (and possibly English).<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=71949 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>
<tr><td><h2>Location of Tok Pisin Language Speakers</h2>
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<tr><td><h2>Rosetta Document Collection</h2>
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<tr><td>Genesis Translation:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_tpi_gen-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_tpi_gen-1 (browse)] </td></tr>
<tr><td>Orthography:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_tpi_ortho-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_tpi_ortho-1 (browse)] </td></tr>
<tr><td>Universal Declaration Of Human Rights:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_tpi_undec-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_tpi_undec-1 (browse)] </td></tr>
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<h2>Overview</h2>

<tr><td><b>Main Country: </b></td><td>[http://www.freebase.com/view/en/papua_new_guinea Papua New Guinea]</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Spoken In: </b></td><td>

<b><i>Countries: </i></b>[http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/territory_of_new_guinea Territory of New Guinea], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/territory_of_papua_and_new_guinea Territory of Papua and New Guinea]
<b><i>Regions: </i></b>[http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/oceania Oceania]
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<tr><td><b>ISO 639-2 Code: </b></td><td>tpi</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>ISO 639-3 Code: </b></td><td>tpi</td></tr>

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<tr><td><h2>Classification Taxonomy</h2>
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  [[Creole Group]]

    [[English based Creole Group]]

      [[Pacific English based Group]]

        <b>[[Tok Pisin Language]]</b>

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