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Tok Pisin

/tɒk ˈpɪsɪn/ · name

Meaning

  1. A creole of Indo-European, Malayo-Polynesian and Trans-New Guinean languages (principally English and Kuanua).
  2. One of the official languages of Papua New Guinea.

Etymology / origin

Borrowed from Tok Pisin Tok Pisin, from English talk + pidgin or business.

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