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A Tok Pisin speaker, recorded in Taiwan. Tok Pisin (English: / t ɒ k ˈ p ɪ s ɪ n / TOK PISS-in, [3] [4] / t ɔː k,-z ɪ n / tawk, -zin; [5] Tok Pisin: [tok pisin] [1]), often referred to by English speakers as New Guinea Pidgin or simply Pidgin, is an English creole language spoken throughout Papua New Guinea.
Tok Pisin lacks certain tense and plural markers (like 'ing' and 's') that English employs. Whereas English has ninety single-word prepositions, Tok Pisin has only two. On the other hand, Tok Pisin abounds in its own complexities of grammar, such as predicate marker "i" and four separate second-person pronouns (single 'yu', dual 'yutupela ...
The number of loanwords is increasing due to increasing interaction with the outside world and easier transportation. Since Tok Pisin is used as a lingua franca, many new concepts for the Kove people take their names from the language. For example, the words for 'car', 'airplane', 'paper', 'money', and many more are from Tok Pisin. [6]
Tok Pisin, of Papua New Guinea; Torres Strait Creole, of the Torres Strait Islands and parts of Cape York; These languages are linked to workers from these places working on plantations in the Australian state of Queensland. Torres Strait Creole is the least closely related of the four.
To unify the nation, the language Tok Pisin, once called Neo-Melanesian (or Pidgin English) has evolved as the lingua franca — the medium through which diverse language groups are able to communicate with one another in Parliament, in the news media, and elsewhere.
Pijin (or Solomons Pidgin) is a language spoken in Solomon Islands.It is closely related to Tok Pisin of Papua New Guinea and Bislama of Vanuatu; the three varieties are sometimes considered to be dialects of a single Melanesian Pidgin language.
Aces around, dix or double pinochles. Score points by trick-taking and also by forming combinations of cards into melds.
Torres Strait Creole (Torres Strait Creole: Yumplatok), also known as Torres Strait Pidgin, Brokan/Broken, Cape York Creole, Lockhart Creole, Kriol, Papuan, Broken English, Blaikman, Big Thap, Pizin, and Ailan Tok, [6] is an English-based creole language (a variety of Pidgin English) spoken on several Torres Strait Islands of Queensland ...