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ISO 639-3 · tpitpi
unclassified · creole or pidgin
Tok Pisin
Tok pisin
Tok Pisin is a creole or pidgin, spoken in Papua New Guinea. Wikidata counts 122,000 first-language speakers (2004) and 4 m who speak it as a second language. Wikidata describes it as “English creole spoken in Papua New Guinea”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
tpi- Glottocode
tokp1240- Family
- unclassified
- EGIDS
- 1 National
- Centre point
- -9.42, 147.30
- Wikipedia
- 91 language editions
122,000first-language speakers
4 msecond-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
—levels in the tree
1EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Tok Pisin · Tok pisin |
|---|---|
| Also called | New Guinea Pidgin |
| L1 speakers | 122,000 (2004) |
| L2 speakers | 4,000,000 |
| Written in | Tok Pisin alphabet |
| Official in | Papua New Guinea |
| Kind | creole or pidgin |
Vitality
EGIDS 1 National1
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelwhere it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Papua New Guinea
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalenqEngaTrans–New Guinea · 230,0005 · DevelopinghmoHiri MotuAustronesian · 120,0003 · Wider CommunicationksdTolaiAustronesian · 81,0003 · Wider CommunicationmeuMotuAustronesian · 39,0005 · DevelopingazrAdzeraAustronesian · 30,0004 · EducationalsnpSianeunclassified · 29,0005 · DevelopingagdAgarabiunclassified · 27,0006a · VigorousgahAlekanoTrans–New Guinea · 25,0007 · ShiftingygrYagariaTrans–New Guinea · 21,0005 · Developing