Pitcairn

Summary

Official Name

Pitcairn Islands, Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, Pitkern Ailen

Population

Principal Languages

English

General References

Adler 1977

Language Counts

The number of established languages listed for Pitcairn is 2. All are living languages. Of these, 0 are indigenous and 2 are non-indigenous. Furthermore, 1 is institutional and 1 is in trouble.

Languages

English eng: Status: 1 (National). De facto national language. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English
Pitcairn-Norfolk pih: Pitcairn Island. Users: 36 in Pitcairn (2002 G. Evans). Status: 6b* (Threatened). Alternate Names: Norfolkese Classification: Creole, English based, Pacific