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Language Comparison: Tok Pisin vs Filipino
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Aspect | Tok Pisin | Filipino |
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Family | Creole, English-based | Austronesian |
Speakers | Approximately 4 million fluent speakers (including second-language speakers) | Approximately 28 million native speakers, with around 45 million total speakers including second-language speakers |
Features | A widely spoken creole with simplified grammar and vocabulary influenced by English, local languages, and German; used as a lingua franca in Papua New Guinea | Official language of the Philippines, standardized version of Tagalog but incorporates elements from other Philippine languages |
Countries | Papua New Guinea | Philippines |
Writing System | Latin script | Latin script |
Tonal | No | No |
Grammatical Cases | No, uses simple subject-verb-object order and particles to indicate tense and aspect | No, primarily uses prepositions and a focus marker system |
Derived From | English, with influences from German, Malay, and various indigenous languages of Papua New Guinea | Primarily based on Tagalog, but includes elements from other Philippine languages |
Loanwords | Primarily from English, with some influence from German and indigenous languages | From Spanish, English, Chinese, and other Philippine languages |
Dialects | Relatively homogeneous, with some regional variations influenced by local languages across Papua New Guinea | While Filipino is based on Tagalog, it aims to include words and expressions from other Philippine languages and is continuously evolving |
Alphabets | A, B, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, V, W, Y | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, Ñ, Ng, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z |
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