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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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Instances	ContentBearingPhysical	Any Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
	CreoleLanguage	A 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/)
	EnglishBasedCreoleLanguage	An EnglishBasedCreoleLanguage is a CreoleLanguage using a grammatical and core lexical foundation of the EnglishLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
	Entity	The universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
	HumanLanguage	The subclass of Languages used by Humans.
	Language	A system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
	LinguisticExpression	This is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
	PacificEnglishBasedCreoleLanguage	A PacificEnglishBasedCreoleLanguage is an EnglishBasedCreoleLanguage that evolved in areas in and near the PacificOcean.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
	Physical	An entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
	SpokenHumanLanguage	A SpokenHumanLanguage is a HumanLanguage which has as its medium the human voice. It can also be represented visually through writing, although not all SpokenHumanLanguages have a codified written form.
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