"Tok Pisin" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /tɒk ˈpɪsɪn/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-Tok Pisin.wav
Etymology: Borrowed from Tok Pisin Tok Pisin, from English talk + pidgin or business. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|tpi|Tok Pisin}} Tok Pisin Tok Pisin, {{der|en|en|talk + pidgin or business}} English talk + pidgin or business Head templates: {{en-noun|-|nolinkhead=1}} Tok Pisin (uncountable)
  1. A creole of Indo-European, Malayo-Polynesian and Trans-New Guinean languages (principally English and Kuanua); one of the official languages of Papua New Guinea. Wikipedia link: Tok Pisin Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Languages Synonyms: Melanesian Pidgin English, Neomelanesian, Neo-Melanesian Related terms: pidgin, Bislama, Kriol, Pijin, Yumpla Tok Translations (language): 巴布亞皮欽語 (Chinese Mandarin), 巴布亚皮钦语 (Bābùyà Píqīnyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), Tok Pisin [neuter] (Dutch), tok-pisin (Finnish), Neuguinea-Pidgin [neuter] (German), τοκ πίσιν (tok písin) (Greek), Wan Weng (Mian), ток-писин (tok-pisin) [masculine] (Russian), neomelanézština [feminine] (Slovak), tok pisin [masculine] (Slovak), novoguinejský pidžin [masculine] (Slovak), tok pisin (Swedish), Tok Pisin (Tok Pisin)
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