Freelang Tok Pisin-English dictionary

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Tok Pisin – The most widely spoken language in Papua New Guinea

Tok Pisin is one of the national languages used in Papua New Guinea. It is a kind of Pidgin English, which was developed during the 19th century. The language came about as a result of increased economic interaction between the Europeans and Melanesians. When laborers from the Pacific Islands worked side by side in Australian plantations, they did not have a common language to use. As a result of this, they developed their own form of English, which borrowed words from other [...]

Tok pisin (also called New Guinea Pidgin) is a creole spoken throughout Papua New Guinea, where it is an official language and the most widely used language (approximately 1 million speakers).

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Download our free dictionary (for Windows or Android) and browse both the Tok Pisin-English and the English-Tok Pisin lists. Look up a word, add or modify an entry, and learn words at your own rhythm from a personal learning list. Click here to learn more about the features or scroll down to download the program. An online version is also available, so you can browse the dictionary without downloading it.

Features of this dictionary

Download our free dictionary for Android! Browse the wordlists, look up words and practice your vocabulary at your own rhythm. An online version is also available, so you can browse the dictionary without downloading it.

Word list information

This dictionary was made by Nils R. Bull Young (geocities.com/nilsbull/tokpisin.htm).

Tok Pisin > English: 2,762 words
English > Tok Pisin: 3,855 words

Last update: March 21, 2014
First upload: June 22, 2003

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