Language in Papua New Guinea

With over 800 languages, it was pretty difficult to get everyone talking to each other. Two pidgins grew up in this area; Tok Pisin and Hiri Motu, and when the Anglophones married the Hulis and the babies learned the only language they had in common, Tok Pisin became a creole. Read More »

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Language in Papua New Guinea is based on Papua New Guinea by Bill Ellett, Matthew Stidham, Claus Hansen, jan, Globe-trotter, MMKK, Herecometheclowns, Roundtheworld, iGuide and others. Travel guides are available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.