Pitcairnese

E839987

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

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Pitcairnese canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English-based creole
creole language
developedFrom 18th-century English
Nautical English NERFINISHED
Tahitian language NERFINISHED
speech of Bounty mutineers
hasAlternativeName Pitcairn-Norfolk NERFINISHED
Pitkern NERFINISHED
Pitkern-Norfuk NERFINISHED
hasCountry Pitcairn Islands NERFINISHED
hasCulturalAssociation HMS Bounty mutiny NERFINISHED
Pitcairn Islander identity
hasEndangermentStatus severely endangered
hasGlottologCode pitc1234
hasGlottologName Pitcairn-Norfolk NERFINISHED
hasGrammaticalInfluenceFrom English NERFINISHED
Tahitian NERFINISHED
hasISO639-3Code pih
hasLanguageContactWith English NERFINISHED
hasLanguageFamily English language NERFINISHED
Germanic languages NERFINISHED
Indo-European languages NERFINISHED
West Germanic languages NERFINISHED
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom English NERFINISHED
Tahitian NERFINISHED
hasNumberOfSpeakers very small population
hasOfficialStatusIn Pitcairn Islands NERFINISHED
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom English NERFINISHED
Tahitian NERFINISHED
hasPrimaryLexifier English NERFINISHED
hasRegion Pitcairn Islands NERFINISHED
South Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED
hasSubstrateLanguage Tahitian
hasTypologicalFeature SVO word order
creole-like tense-aspect-mood system
reduced inflectional morphology
hasVariety Norfolk dialect NERFINISHED
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
spokenIn Norfolk Island NERFINISHED
Pitcairn Island NERFINISHED
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

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Pitkern alternativeName Pitcairnese