Pitcairnese

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Pitcairnese is an English-based creole language spoken by the inhabitants of the remote Pitcairn Islands in the South Pacific.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English-based creole
creole language
developedFrom 18th-century English
Nautical English
linked to: Maritime English

Tahitian language
speech of Bounty mutineers
hasAlternativeName Pitcairn-Norfolk
linked to: Pitcairn Islands

Pitkern
Pitkern-Norfuk
linked to: Pitkern
hasCountry Pitcairn Islands
hasCulturalAssociation HMS Bounty mutiny
Pitcairn Islander identity
hasEndangermentStatus severely endangered
hasGlottologCode pitc1234
hasGlottologName Pitcairn-Norfolk
linked to: Pitcairn Islands
hasGrammaticalInfluenceFrom English
Tahitian
linked to: Tahitian language
hasISO639-3Code pih
hasLanguageContactWith English
hasLanguageFamily English language
linked to: English

Germanic languages
Indo-European languages
West Germanic languages
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom English
Tahitian
linked to: Tahitian language
hasNumberOfSpeakers very small population
hasOfficialStatusIn Pitcairn Islands
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom English
Tahitian
linked to: Tahitian language
hasPrimaryLexifier English
hasRegion Pitcairn Islands
South Pacific Ocean
hasSubstrateLanguage Tahitian
hasTypologicalFeature SVO word order
creole-like tense-aspect-mood system
reduced inflectional morphology
hasVariety Norfolk dialect
hasWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
spokenIn Norfolk Island
Pitcairn Island
linked to: Pitcairn Islands
subclassOf English-based pidgin or creole
subjectOf language preservation initiatives
linguistic documentation efforts
usedBy descendants of Bounty mutineers
inhabitants of Pitcairn Islands
usedIn everyday communication on Pitcairn Island

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Pitkern alternativeName Pitcairnese
Norfuk language alternativeName Norfuk-Pitcairn language
linked to: Pitcairnese
Norfuk language alternativeName Pitcairn-Norfolk language
linked to: Pitcairnese