Directory of Tok Pisin Resources

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Tok Pisin is the pidgin English of Papua New Guinea. Recently, it has been creolizing due to an increasing number of people using it as a first language. Closely related languages are Bislama from Vanuatu and Pijin from the Solomon Islands. Synonyms for Tok Pisin are: Melanesian Pidgin English, neo-Melanesian, Pidgin English, and Talk Boy.

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• Dictionaries
• Texts

Resources in This Category

• Grammatische Kategorien und ihre Ausprägungen im Tok Pisin von Papua-Neuguinea

  http://www.linguist.de/TokPisin/
  A Tok Pisin grammar in English and German.

• Language Development in Papua New Guinea

  http://www.sil.org/silewp/1999/002/SILEWP1999-002.html
  This paper outlines the historical evolution of the recent language policy in Papua New Guinea, and gives an overview of the 1989 education policy regarding initial education in the vernacular, including discussion on planning, implementation and evaluation of the policy.

• Lexicography Considerations for Tok Pisin

  http://www.sil.org/silewp/1998/002/SILEWP1998-002.html
  This article by Karl J. Franklin examines a number of issues and practical suggestions which are relevant in compiling dictionaries in the vernacular languages of Papua New Guinea.

• Pidgin/English Dictionary

  http://www.june29.com/HLP/lang/pidgin.html
  An English to Tok Pisin glossary for the Tok Pisin variant spoken in Port Moresby.

• Robert Eklund's Tok Pisin Bibliography

  http://www.ida.liu.se/~g-robek/PNG-TokPisinBibliography.htm
  A bibliography of publications in and about Tok Pisin.

• Tok Pisin

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tok_Pisin
  Brief description of Tok Pisin, including references and resources.

• Tok Pisin / Pidgin / English Online Dictionary

  http://www.calibercreations.com/pisin/
  An interactive and bidirectional dictionary between Tok Pisin and English.

• Tok Pisin phrasebook

  http://wikitravel.org/en/Tok_Pisin_phrasebook
  An open-source phrasebook at Wikitravel.

• Wiki Books: Tok Pisin

  http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Tok_Pisin
  On-line text book on Tok Pisin. Still in early development stage.

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