Happy International Mother Language Day! Never heard of it? UNESCO initiated the holiday in 1999 and it was officially adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2008. To help celebrate, please enjoy this Port Moresby Tok Pisin dictionary.
Okay, okay, I hear the arguments now: "But Tok Pisin is a creole language formed from both native and colonial languages." Fair enough. But that's how French began too, as a creole of native (Celtic) and colonial (Latin) dialects in ancient Gaul. Languages morph like that all the time. Fascinating, huh?
Now go talk to your mother, 'kay?
Okay, okay, I hear the arguments now: "But Tok Pisin is a creole language formed from both native and colonial languages." Fair enough. But that's how French began too, as a creole of native (Celtic) and colonial (Latin) dialects in ancient Gaul. Languages morph like that all the time. Fascinating, huh?
Now go talk to your mother, 'kay?
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