Papua New Guinea has more than 5,000,000 people and 715 indigenous languages.
Melanesian Pidgin, known also as ‘Tok Pisin,’ is widely used as a lingua franca o common language. Below is the Lord’s Prayer in that language. See how many English words you can find. You can find out more about Pidgin languages at:
Papa bilong mipela, yu stap long heven.
Ol i santuim nem bilong yu.
Kingdom bilong yu i kam.
Ol i harim tok bilong yu long graun olsem long heven.
Tude givim kaikai bilong de long mipela.
Pogivim rong bilong mipela,
olsem mipela pogivim rong ol i mekim long mipela.
Yu no bringim mipela long traim,
tekewe samting nogut long mipela.
Amen.