Pitkern

E215898

creole language language

Pitkern is a creole language derived mainly from 18th-century English and Tahitian, traditionally spoken by the inhabitants of the remote Pitcairn Islands.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Pitkern canonical	6
Pitkern-Norfuk	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	creole language ⓘ language ⓘ
alternativeName	Pitcairn Islands ⓘ surface form: Pitcairn-Norfolk Pitcairnese ⓘ Pitkern ⓘ surface form: Pitkern-Norfuk
closelyRelatedTo	Norfuk ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
derivedFromLanguage	18th-century English ⓘ English ⓘ Tahitian language ⓘ surface form: Tahitian
developedFrom	speech of the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian companions ⓘ
endangeredStatus	severely endangered ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Norfolk Islander ⓘ surface form: Norfolk Islanders Pitcairn Islander ⓘ surface form: Pitcairn Islanders
glottologCode	pitc1234 ⓘ
glottologName	Pitcairn Islands ⓘ surface form: Pitcairn-Norfolk
hasAncestor	Early Modern English ⓘ Tahitian ⓘ
hasApproximateSpeakers	fewer than 100 speakers ⓘ
hasDialect	Norfuk ⓘ
hasFeature	lexicon largely derived from English ⓘ significant Tahitian influence in phonology and vocabulary ⓘ simplified English morphology ⓘ use of Tahitian-derived function words ⓘ
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom	Cockney ⓘ surface form: Cockney English Irish English ⓘ Scottish English ⓘ Tahitian ⓘ West Country English ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticSituation	shift in younger generations toward English ⓘ
hasTypologicalFeature	creole grammar with mixed English-Tahitian lexicon ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	pih ⓘ
languageFamily	English-based creole ⓘ Pacific English creole ⓘ
languageStatus	minority language ⓘ
primaryWordOrder	SVO ⓘ
recognizedAs	distinct language from English ⓘ
region	Norfolk Island ⓘ Pitcairn Islands ⓘ
spokenBy	small number of speakers ⓘ
spokenIn	Norfolk Island ⓘ Pitcairn Islands ⓘ
territory	Pitcairn Islands ⓘ
timeOfOrigin	late 18th century ⓘ
traditionalRegion	Pitcairn Islands ⓘ
usedAlongside	English ⓘ
usedAs	community language on Pitcairn Islands ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (7)

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

Pitcairn Islands → recognizedLanguage → Pitkern ⓘ

Norfuk → hasInfluenceFrom → Pitkern ⓘ

Norfuk → developedFrom → Pitkern ⓘ

Norfuk → closelyRelatedTo → Pitkern ⓘ

Adamstown → otherLanguage → Pitkern ⓘ

Pitkern → alternativeName → Pitkern ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pitkern-Norfuk

Pitcairn Islander → language → Pitkern ⓘ