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Tok Pisin is an English-based creole language spoken throughout Papua New Guinea. It is an official language of Papua New Guinea and the most widely used language in the country. In parts of Western, Gulf, Central, Oro and Milne Bay provinces, however, the use of Tok Pisin has a shorter history, and is less universal especially among older people.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea in the Port ... The Australian National University, 1975. doi:10. ...
Kaiep language; Kainantu–Goroka languages; Kairiru language; Kalam language; Kalam languages; Kare language (Papuan) Kimaghama language; Koita language; Kolopom languages; Kove language; Kwale language; Kwomtari–Fas languages; Kyaka language
Motu (sometimes called Pure Motu or True Motu to distinguish it from Hiri Motu) is a Central Papuan Tip language that is spoken by the Motuans, an indigenous ethnic group of Papua New Guinea. It is commonly used today in the region, particularly around the capital, Port Moresby .
Papua New Guinea has been an observer state in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations since 1976, and has filed its application for full membership status. [24] It is a full member of the Commonwealth of Nations, [25] the Pacific Community, the Pacific Islands Forum, [26] and the United Nations.
One Papuan language, Meriam, is spoken within the national borders of Australia, in the eastern Torres Strait. Several languages of Flores, Sumba, and other islands of eastern Indonesia are classified as Austronesian but have large numbers of non-Austronesian words in their basic vocabulary and non-Austronesian grammatical features. It has been ...
It was the first language for many people whose parents came from different language groups (typically the children of policemen and other public servants). Since the early 1970s, if not earlier, the use of Hiri Motu as a day-to-day lingua franca in its old "range" has been gradually declining in favour of English and Tok Pisin.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... Language codes; ISO 639-3: awb: Glottolog: awap1236: Awa is a Kainantu language of Papua New ...