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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Norf’k laengwij canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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 ⓘ