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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Predicate Object
instanceOf creole language
alternativeName Norfuk NERFINISHED
Norfuk language NERFINISHED
Norf’k
closelyRelatedTo Pitkern language NERFINISHED
country Australia
culturalAssociation Bounty mutineers NERFINISHED
Norfolk Island identity
Pitcairn Island history
developedInCentury 18th century
19th century
glottologCode norw1253
hasAutonym Norf’k laengwij
hasDialect Pitkern NERFINISHED
hasGrammarType analytic language
hasInfluenceFrom 18th-century English
Tahitian NERFINISHED
hasLanguageRegulator Norfolk Island Language Commission NERFINISHED
hasMorphology reduced inflection
hasOfficialStatusIn Norfolk Island NERFINISHED
hasOfficialUseIn local media on Norfolk Island
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom English NERFINISHED
Polynesian languages
hasVocabularyFrom Maritime English NERFINISHED
Nautical jargon
Other Polynesian languages
Tahitian
hasWordOrder SVO
ISO639-3Code pih
languageFamily English-based creole
lexifierLanguage English NERFINISHED
numberOfSpeakersApproximate less than 2000
originatesFrom Pitcairn Island community NERFINISHED
descendants of the Bounty mutineers
recognizedAs regional language
recognizedBy Government of Australia NERFINISHED
region Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED
South Pacific NERFINISHED
spokenBy Norfolk Islanders NERFINISHED
Pitcairn-Norfolk descendants
spokenIn Norfolk Island NERFINISHED
status endangered language
substrateLanguage Tahitian NERFINISHED
UNESCOStatus severely endangered
usedIn cultural events on Norfolk Island
education programs on Norfolk Island
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Norfuk alternateName Norf’k laengwij