TerraverbaAn atlas of the world’s languages 简体中文 Open the atlas

Pitcairn-Norfolk

Pitkern

Pitcairn-Norfolk is an Indo-European language spoken in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, and Norfolk Island, by about 532 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.

See it on the globeOpen in the family tree

Pitcairn-Norfolk · 24.4°S 128.3°W

Pitkern, also known as Pitcairn-Norfolk or Pitcairnese, is a creole spoken on Pitcairn and Norfolk islands. It is a mixture of English and Tahitian, and has been given many classifications by scholars, including cant, patois, and Atlantic creole. Although spoken on Pacific Ocean islands, it has been described as an Atlantic or semi-Atlantic creole due to the lack of connections with other English-based creoles of the Pacific. There are fewer than 50 speakers on Pitcairn Island, a number which has been steadily decreasing since 1971.

From Wikipedia · Pitkern · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Pitcairn-Norfolk

MeaningWordRomanization
personbogo*
eyeey*
earear*
handhon*
bloodblod*
bonebon*
breastbobi*
waterworta
firefaia*
mountainmaun
treetri3*
nightnait*
dogdo3g*
fishfiS*
oneon*
youyu*
weo7lon*
drinkdriN7*
seelukon*
hearh7yu*
hellowatawieh
pathrud*
moneymani
fullfulop*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

Nearby languages

Elsewhere

Something wrong here? Tell us

Glottolog · pitc1234 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · pih