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TokPisinLanguage
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/)
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InstancesContentBearingPhysicalUn Object o Process que expresa contenido. Esto cubre los Objects que contienen una Proposition, como un libro, así como un ManualSignLanguage, por lo que puede contener una Proposition.
 CreoleLanguageA CreoleLanguage is a PidginLanguage that has developed and become the mother tongue for a community of people. This process is called 'creolization' and results in an expanded vocabulary and grammar structure that allow for communication as rich and complex as that of non-creole languages. While pidgins are regarded as reduced languages, creoles are considered expanded languages. That is, while pidgins develop to enable communication in relatively isolated domains, creoles allow for a full range of expressive possibilities on a par with more 'recognized' languages.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 EnglishBasedCreoleLanguageAn EnglishBasedCreoleLanguage is a CreoleLanguage using a grammatical and core lexical foundation of the EnglishLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 EntityLa clase universal de individuos. Es el nodo principal de la ontología.
 HumanLanguageLa subclass de Languages usados o sea «lenguajes naturales» por Humans.
 LanguageUn sistema de signos para expresar pensamientos. El sistema puede ser natural o artificial, por ejemplo, algo que emerge poco a poco como un artefacto cultural o algo se crea intencionalmente por una persona o grupo de personas.
 LinguisticExpressionEsta es la subclase de ContentBearingPhysical que es relacionada con idiomas. Note que esta Class abarca ambos Language y los elementos de Languages, por ejemplo Words «palabras».
 PacificEnglishBasedCreoleLanguageA PacificEnglishBasedCreoleLanguage is an EnglishBasedCreoleLanguage that evolved in areas in and near the PacificOcean.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 PhysicalUna entidad que tiene ubicación en espacio-tiempo. Note que las ubicaciones se entienden tener sitio en espacio-tiempo.
 SpokenHumanLanguageUn SpokenHumanLanguage es un HumanLanguage en el que se utiliza la voz humana como medio. También se puede representarlo visualmente por the escritura aunque no todos los idiomas tienen una forma de escritura codificada.
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