Development of Tok Pisin Tok Pisin is a language that developed out of regional dialects of the languages of the local inhabitants and English, brought into the country when English speakers arrived. There were four phases in the development of Tok Pisin that were laid out by Loreto Todd. Casual contact between English speakers and local people developed a marginal pidgin. Pidgin English was used between the local people. The language expanded from the users' mother tongue. As the interracial contact increased, the vocabulary expanded according to the dominant language. In areas where English was the official language, a depidginization occurred (Todd, 1990).
Development of Tok Pisin Tok Pisin is a language that developed out of regional dialects of the languages of the local inhabitants and English, brought into the country when English speakers arrived. There were four phases in the development of Tok Pisin that were laid out by Loreto Todd. Casual contact between English speakers and local people developed a marginal pidgin. Pidgin English was used between the local people. The language expanded from the users' mother tongue. As the interracial contact increased, the vocabulary expanded according to the dominant language In areas where English was the official language, a depidginization occurred (Todd, 1990)