Tok Pisin

English creole spoken in Papua New Guinea
Intangible natural_language Q34159
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Tok Pisin

Summary

Tok Pisin is a natural language[1]. It draws 1,681 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #82 of 734).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tok Pisin is in the country of Papua New Guinea[3].
  • Tok Pisin's instance of is recorded as natural language[4].
  • Tok Pisin's instance of is recorded as creole[5].
  • Tok Pisin's instance of is recorded as modern language[6].
  • Tok Pisin is a type of English-based creole languages[7].
  • Tok Pisin's writing system is recorded as Latin script[8].
  • Tok Pisin's Wikimedia language code is recorded as tpi[9].
  • Tok Pisin's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -9.4204, 'lon': 147.3004}[10].
  • Tok Pisin's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tok Pisin[11].
  • Tok Pisin's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+122000'}[12].
  • Tok Pisin's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+4000000'}[13].
  • Tok Pisin's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'tpi', 'text': 'Tok pisin'}[14].
  • Tok Pisin's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'tpi', 'text': 'Tok Pisin'}[15].
  • Tok Pisin's indigenous to is recorded as Papua New Guinea[16].
  • Tok Pisin's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'la langue tok pisin'}[17].
  • Tok Pisin's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/TPI[18].
  • Tok Pisin's exact match is recorded as https://ewave-atlas.org/languages/70[19].
  • Tok Pisin's exact match is recorded as https://apics-online.info/contributions/22[20].
  • Tok Pisin's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133126005[21].
  • Tok Pisin's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 1 National[22].
  • Tok Pisin's linguistic typology is recorded as subject–verb–object[23].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language[4], creole[5], and modern language[6]. Tok Pisin is a type of English-based creole languages[7].

Why It Matters

Tok Pisin draws 1,681 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #82 of 734).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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