The people at Okspamin, east of Telefomin, have a peculiar base-27 counting system using parts of their body.</p>


<h2>TOK PISIN</h2>

Pronounced "tok piseen"!<p>

Communicate using <a href="http://wikitravel.org/en/Tok_Pisin_phrasebook">Tok Pisin</a> (literally: "Talk Pidgin".)<p>

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In Tok Pisin, <em>kaikai</em> means "eat". <em>Kai</em> means "food" in Polynesian languages such as Maori and Hawaiian.<p>

PEOPLE<br>
Mi... I.<br>
As ples bilong em... His birthplace.<br>
Glasman... Witchdoctor, seer.<br>
Kanaka... Aborigine.<p>
<a href="https://soundcloud.com/kanaka-bilong-sepik">Kanaka Bilong Sepik</a>.<br>
Lapun... Old man.<br>
Meri... Woman.<br>
Nesenel Nius Hetlain... National news headlines.<br>
Nogut... Bad.<br>
Snek... Snake.<br>
Tisa... Teacher.<br>
Wantok... Friend.<br>

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PARTS OF THE HOUSE<br>
Ples waswas... Bathroom.<p>

NATURAL PHENOMENA<br>
Win... Wind.<br>
Win masin... Airplan.<p>

PHRASES<br>
Lukim yu... See you later.<br>
Lukim yu bihain... Goodbye.<br>
Mi go long Boroko... I'm off to Boroko.<p>

RELIGIONS<br>
Sinto... Shinto.<p>


<strong>GRAMMAR</strong><br>
Past tense marked with <em>bin</em> (been).<p>
Use "ol" to make nouns plural.<br>
There are only two prepositions in Tok Pisin: blong (belong), and long (along).<br>
Long... To, because, at. <br>
<em>Singsing bilong ol Madang yu</em>... That's a song from Madang.<br>
<em>Mipela i bin go long blekmaket</em>... We went to the blackmarket.<br>
"im" at the end of the verb... shows the "direction" of the verb (eg., "krosim" (be angry at...).<p>
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Glasman... Seer.<p>

See: <a href="http://www.june29.com/HLP/lang/pidgin.html">here</a>.<p>

<h2>GOGODALA</h2>
"Gogodala" means "west men".</p>