Papua New Guinea
British sailors visited the territory as early
as 1793, and Britain and Germany annexed areas in 1884.
British New Guinea was transferred to Australia in 1904 as
the Territory of Papua; German New Guinea was mandated to
Australia in 1921. The two areas merged after World War 2, and
became independent in 1975. There was a population of nearly
5million in 2002. About half the people speak Tok Pisin, an
English-based pidgin, as a second language (and some have it
as a mother tongue). It has a nation-wide presence, widely seen
in advertisements and the press, and heard on radio and tele-
vision. Many major works have been translated into Tok Pisin,
including Shakespeare and the Bible.
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