"Nowadays, all Awiakay adults are bilingual in Tok Pisin and Awiakay. Multilingualism in other local languages is less common, but it occurs in the few families where one spouse is from the neighbouring Asangamut village. Among adult Awiakay, the use of Tok Pisin is confined mainly to situations where it functions as a language of authority. Code-switching between Tok Pisin and Awiakay occurs in public speeches, in quarrels an in other situations where a speaker (of any gender or age) wants to take an authoritative position in the communicative act. All children are fluent in Awiakay, but acquire Tok Pisin at a very early stage. They are addressed primarily in Awiakay, while Tok Pisin is used for scolding."