The spoken language in Papua New Guinea is Tok Pisin (Melanesian Pidgin, the lingua franca), Hiri Motu (in Papua region), English 12%; 715 indigenous languages, the currency is Kina (PGK).

Few tips for travellers

If you are planning to go to Papua New Guinea, you have to know that the power voltage is 240 volts and the electric plug that you need is a E type (see picture below). The phone plug to use in Papua New Guinea is a TAS, RJ11 typ (see picture below). To make a local call from Papua New Guinea the national prefix is . If you want to make a call to Papua New Guinea, the international code is +675. Don't forget to dial the international phone prefix before country code and, eventually if you want to make an international call from Papua New Guinea the prefix is 05.

Localisation of Tokyo in Papua New Guinea