Norf’k laengwij

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Norf’k laengwij is a creole language spoken on Norfolk Island that blends 18th-century English and Tahitian, originating from the descendants of the Bounty mutineers.

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Norf’k laengwij canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf creole language
alternativeName Norfuk
Norfuk language
Norf’k
closelyRelatedTo Pitkern language
country Australia
culturalAssociation Bounty mutineers
Norfolk Island identity
Pitcairn Island history
developedInCentury 18th century
19th century
glottologCode norw1253
hasAutonym Norf’k laengwij
hasDialect Pitkern
hasGrammarType analytic language
hasInfluenceFrom 18th-century English
Tahitian
linked to: Tahitian language
hasLanguageRegulator Norfolk Island Language Commission
hasMorphology reduced inflection
hasOfficialStatusIn Norfolk Island
hasOfficialUseIn local media on Norfolk Island
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom English
Polynesian languages
hasVocabularyFrom Maritime English
Nautical jargon
Other Polynesian languages
Tahitian
hasWordOrder SVO
ISO639-3Code pih
languageFamily English-based creole
lexifierLanguage English
numberOfSpeakersApproximate less than 2000
originatesFrom Pitcairn Island community
linked to: Pitcairn Islands

descendants of the Bounty mutineers
recognizedAs regional language
recognizedBy Government of Australia
region Pacific Ocean
South Pacific
spokenBy Norfolk Islanders
Pitcairn-Norfolk descendants
spokenIn Norfolk Island
status endangered language
substrateLanguage Tahitian
linked to: Tahitian language
UNESCOStatus severely endangered
usedIn cultural events on Norfolk Island
education programs on Norfolk Island
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Norfuk alternateName Norf’k laengwij
Norfuk language alternativeName Norf’k laengwij