PIH ISO 639-3
Pitcairn-Norfolk
A language of Norfolk Island
- ISO 639
- pih
- Alternate Names
- Norfolkese, Pitcairn English
- Population
- 710 in Norfolk Island (2017 World Factbook). Total users in all countries: 1,786.
- Location:
- Norfolk Island.
- Language Status
- 6a* (Vigorous). Statutory language of national identity (2004, Norfolk Island Language (Norf’k) Act No. 25, Section 4), restrictions in Sec. 5 of Act No. 25 of 2004 bar meaningful official use.
- Classification
- Creole, English based, Pacific
- Dialects
- Norfolk English.
- Language Use
- Valued for identity preservation. It is in a diglossic relationship with standard British English [eng] (Wurm 2007). Also use English [eng].
- Other Comments
- 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.
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Scattered.
- Language Status
- 6b (Threatened)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Christian. View other languages of Australia
Language Name
Pitcairn-Norfolk
User Population
1,040 in Australia (2016 census).
- Location
- Scattered.
- Language Status
- 6b (Threatened)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Christian. View other languages of New Zealand
Language Name
Pitcairn-Norfolk
- Location
- Pitcairn Island.
- Dialects
- Pitcairn English.
- Language Status
- 6b (Threatened)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Christian. View other languages of Pitcairn
Language Name
Pitcairn-Norfolk
User Population
36 in Pitcairn (2002 G. Evans).
Map
Location: Norfolk Island.
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