Tok Pisin

GPTKB entity

Properties (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf creole language
gptkbp:code tpi
gptkbp:culturalHeritage poetry
folklore
songs
taught in schools
gptkbp:culturalSignificance recognized in the constitution
medium of communication
identity for speakers
gptkbp:developedBy English
gptkbp:firstAppearance 19th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tok Pisin
gptkbp:influencedBy indigenous_languages_of_Papua_New_Guinea
gptkbp:ISO639-3 tpi
gptkbp:language gptkb:Austronesian_languages
gptkb:Papuan_languages
English
SVO (Subject-Verb-Object)
widely used as a lingua franca
simple sentence structure
evolving vocabulary
influence from globalization
influence from social media
influence from tourism
influence from cultural exchange
influence from education systems
influence from international relations
influence from migration
influence from technology
influence from urbanization
limited inflectional morphology
Tok_Pisin_dialects
Tok_Pisin_vocabulary_from_indigenous_languages
gptkbp:languageSpoken efforts to promote usage
gptkbp:mediaAppearances newspapers
radio broadcasts
television programs
gptkbp:notableFeature approximately 5 million
gptkbp:officialResidence official language
gptkbp:phonology distinctive phonetic features
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Papua_New_Guinea
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Hiri_Motu
gptkbp:screenplayBy Latin_script
gptkbp:translatedInto translated literature
gptkbp:usedBy traders
government officials
missionaries
gptkbp:usedIn education
business
government
media
cultural expressions
social interactions