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Language Comparison: Tok Pisin vs Indonesian
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Aspect | Tok Pisin | Indonesian |
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Family | Creole, English-based | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian |
Speakers | Approximately 4 million fluent speakers (including second-language speakers) | Approximately 210 million (native and 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 | A standard form of Malay, simplified grammar, extensive use of affixes, and highly influenced by trade and colonial history; serves as the official language of Indonesia and a lingua franca for its diverse population |
Countries | Papua New Guinea | Indonesia |
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, uses prepositions and affixes for grammatical relationships |
Derived From | English, with influences from German, Malay, and various indigenous languages of Papua New Guinea | Classical Malay, influenced by Dutch, Arabic, Sanskrit, and Chinese |
Loanwords | Primarily from English, with some influence from German and indigenous languages | From Sanskrit, Arabic, Dutch, Portuguese, Chinese, and English |
Dialects | Relatively homogeneous, with some regional variations influenced by local languages across Papua New Guinea | Indonesian itself is standardized, but many regional languages (e.g., Javanese, Sundanese, Minangkabau) influence spoken varieties |
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, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z |
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