Tok Pisin

Tok Pisin
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Native speakers	122,000 (2004) 4 million L2 speakers
Language family	English Creole Pacific Tok Pisin
Official status
Official language in	Papua New Guinea
Language codes
ISO 639-2	tpi
ISO 639-3	tpi
Linguasphere	52-ABB-cc

Tok Pisin (pronounced: /ˌtɔːk ˈpɪsɪn/) is a market language used in parts of the South Pacific, mainly Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, but also in areas of Vanuatu, where a second language known as Bislama is also spoken. A market language is one which is used as an everyday language between people who don't speak a common language.

Tok Pisin is a Creole language, meaning that it's a mixture of other languages, mainly English, German and Tahitian.