Pitcairn-Norfolk

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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
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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.