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Sociolinguistics » Focus and content » Language Birth: Pidgin and Creole Languages » Pidgins » Tok Pisin

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Tok Pisin

Tok Pisin (from English ‘Talk Pidgin’) is a form of Melanesian Pidgin English spoken in Papua New Guinea where it has official status together with English and another pidgin called Hiri Motu.

(Source: http://www.thecommonwealth.org/YearbookHomeInternal/138973/)

Here is an example of Tok Pisin:
(Source: Sebba 1997: 20/21)

See the Design Features of Pidgin Grammars for an illustration of some significant linguistic features included in this text which characterize the language.

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