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Tok Pisin

UK/tɒk ˈpɪsɪn/

Tok Pisin proper noun: one of the official languages of Papua New Guinea.

Proper noun

Tok Pisin

  1. One of the official languages of Papua New Guinea.

Noun

Tok Pisin (uncountable)

  1. A creole of Indo-European, Malayo-Polynesian and Trans-New Guinean languages (principally English and Kuanua).

Synonyms of Tok Pisin

Origin of Tok Pisin

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

Questions about Tok Pisin

What does Tok Pisin mean?
Tok Pisin means one of the official languages of Papua New Guinea.
What part of speech is Tok Pisin?
Tok Pisin can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Tok Pisin?
Tok Pisin is pronounced /tɒk ˈpɪsɪn/ (UK).

Words near Tok Pisin in the dictionary

  1. toivel
  2. Tojo
  3. Tojolabal
  4. Tojos
  5. Tok
  6. Tok Pisin
  7. Tokachi
  8. Tokaj
  9. tokaji
  10. tokajis
  11. tokamak

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Tok Pisin (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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