Pitcairn-Norfolk

Facts

  • Language: Pitcairn-Norfolk
  • Alternate names: Pitcairnese, Pitcairn English, Pitkern, Norfuk, Norf'k, Norfolkese, Norfolk Language
  • Language code: pih
  • Language family: Creole, English based, Pacific (SIL classification)
  • Creole language
  • Number of speakers: <630
  • Vulnerability: Endangered
  • Script:

More information:

    Developed from mutineers who settled on Pitcairn in 1790. All were removed to Norfolk in 1859, after which a few returned. Some descendants of Pitcairn Islanders now in Australia and New Zealand.

    Pitcairn-Norfolk is spoken in Norfolk Island, Pitcairn, Australia;Pacific.