Tok Pisin
English creole spoken in Papua New Guinea
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Tok Pisin
Summary
Tok Pisin is a natural language[1]. It draws 12,598 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #82 of 734).[2]
Key Facts
- Tok Pisin is in the country of Papua New Guinea[3].
- Tok Pisin's instance of is recorded as natural language[4].
- Tok Pisin's instance of is recorded as creole[5].
- Tok Pisin's instance of is recorded as modern language[6].
- Tok Pisin is a type of English-based creole languages[7].
- Tok Pisin's writing system is recorded as Latin script[8].
- Tok Pisin's writing system is recorded as Latin alphabet[9].
- Tok Pisin's writing system is recorded as Q140611347[10].
- Tok Pisin's Wikimedia language code is recorded as tpi[11].
- Tok Pisin's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -9.4204, 'lon': 147.3004}[12].
- Tok Pisin's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tok Pisin[13].
- Tok Pisin's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+122000'}[14].
- Tok Pisin's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+4000000'}[15].
- Tok Pisin's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'tpi', 'text': 'Tok pisin'}[16].
- Tok Pisin's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'tpi', 'text': 'Tok Pisin'}[17].
- Tok Pisin's indigenous to is recorded as Papua New Guinea[18].
- Tok Pisin's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'la langue tok pisin'}[19].
- Tok Pisin's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/TPI[20].
- Tok Pisin's exact match is recorded as https://ewave-atlas.org/languages/70[21].
- Tok Pisin's exact match is recorded as https://apics-online.info/contributions/22[22].
- Tok Pisin's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133126005[23].
- Tok Pisin's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 1 National[24].
- Tok Pisin's linguistic typology is recorded as subject–verb–object[25].
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Definition and Type
Recorded instance of include natural language[4], creole[5], and modern language[6]. Tok Pisin is a type of English-based creole languages[7].
Why It Matters
Tok Pisin draws 12,598 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #82 of 734).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]