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9TPI Pidgin English
Current service use not established
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A Navy Enlisted Classification: a skill designation sailors hold in addition to their rating.
Overview
The Pidgin English specialty identifies an enlisted sailor who is proficient in Pidgin English. This classification records Pidgin English as the foreign language in which the sailor is proficient.
Notes & Sources
- NEC 9TPI is a language capability code for Pidgin English. The Navy Enlisted Classification manual lists 9TPI in the language table under '9ACH-9ZUN - Language Capability (Personnel Only)', which identifies a foreign language in which an individual is proficient.
- The code records measured language proficiency (Interagency Language Roundtable scale, with annual recertification), not interpreter, translator or cryptologic-linguist duties, so occupation-specific skills, career paths and credentials are not published from this identifier alone.
Evidence for this guidance (1 document)
- NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): Language Capability (Personnel Only), NEC 9TPI (Pidgin English)
[1] Family entry '9ACH-9ZUN - Language Capability (Personnel Only)' at normalized cached-text line 22768 (raw file line 22411); language table row '9TPI PIDGIN ENGLISH' at normalized cached-text line 23093 (raw file line 22730); Note 2 awarding criteria at normalized cached-text lines 22747-22761 (raw file lines 22390-22404)
Supports: Specialty definition
Source review recorded September 24, 2026.
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