What is Tok Pisin?
{{Infobox language |name = Tok Pisin |states = [[Papua New Guinea]] |speakers = 122,000 |date = 2004 |speakers2 = 4 million [[Second language|L2]] speakers |familycolor = Creole |fam1 = [[English-based creole languages|English Creole]] |fam2 = Pacific |nation = {{nowrap|{{flagcountry|Papua New Guinea}}}} |iso2=tpi |iso3=tpi |lingua = 52-ABB-cc |notice = IPA }} '''Tok Pisin''' (pronounced: {{IPA|/ˌtɔːk ˈpɪsɪn/}}) is a [[Lingua franca|market language]] used in parts of the [[South Pacific]], mainly [[Papua New Guinea]] and the [[Solomon Islands]], but also in areas of [[Vanuatu]], where a second language known as [[Bislama]] is also spoken. A market language is one which is used as an everyday language between people who don't speak a common language. Tok Pisin is a [[Creole]] language, meaning that it's a mixture of other languages, mainly [[English language|English]], [[German Language|German]] and [[Austronesian languages|Tahitian]]. == Related pages == {{InterWiki|code=tpi}} * [[Languages of Papua New Guinea]] * [[Languages of New Zealand]] * [[Languages of Australia]] {{ Oceania topic | Languages of }} {{ Continent topic | state = expanded | title = [[Languages]] by [[continent]] | prefix = Languages of }} {{ Authority control | state = expanded }} [[Category:Languages of Oceania]] [[Category:Pidgins and creoles]] {{Stub}}