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Sigma KEE - TokPisinLanguage
TokPisinLanguage(tok pisin language)

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(documentation TokPisinLanguage EnglishLanguage "The TokPisinLanguage is a PacificEnglishBasedCreoleLanguage of PapuaNewGuinea. SIL code: PDG. ISO 639-2: tpi. Population: 50,000 first language, 2,000,000 second language speakers (1982 SIL). Region: Mainly in the northern half of the country. Alternate names: PISIN, PIDGIN, NEOMELANESIAN, NEW GUINEA PIDGIN ENGLISH, MELANESIAN ENGLISH. Comments: There are dialect differences between lowlands, highlands, and the islands. The highlands lexicon has more English influence (J. Holm). The native language of some people in mixed urban areas. The main means of communication between speakers of different languages. The most frequently used language in Parliament and commerce. Some second language users speak a 'broken' Pidgin. Official language. Dictionary. Grammar. Christian, traditional religion. Bible 1989.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") Languages.kif 2098-2109
(instance TokPisinLanguage PacificEnglishBasedCreoleLanguage) Languages.kif 2097-2097 Tok pisin language is an instance of pacific english based creole language

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(termFormat ChineseLanguage TokPisinLanguage "托克皮辛语") domainEnglishFormat.kif 58352-58352
(termFormat ChineseTraditionalLanguage TokPisinLanguage "托克皮辛語") domainEnglishFormat.kif 58351-58351
(termFormat EnglishLanguage TokPisinLanguage "tok pisin language") domainEnglishFormat.kif 58350-58350


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