Tok Pisin
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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In Tok Pisin, the word means 'mussel'.
From Science Daily
"Tenkiu tru for your leadership and cooperation governments of PNG and Australia," she added, using the phrase from the creole Tok Pisin or Pidgin language used in PNG that means "thank-you very much".
From BBC
He works in four languages: Kurdish, Farsi, English and Tok Pisin; and he is conducting research and writing a book while incarcerated.
From The Guardian
Speaking in the native Tok Pisin language to several thousand ecstatic Bougainvilleans, many wearing traditional grass skirts, carrying spears and waving the islands' cobalt-blue flag, he emphasized the need for economic development.
From Washington Post
Yet while Tayap may have only a few dozen speakers, it is a more fully developed and mature language than Tok Pisin, a pidgin created by native tribesmen who worked on white plantations.
From Washington Post
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