Did you know Pitcairn-Norfolk is endangered?

ALSO KNOWN AS		Pitcairnese, Pitcairn English, Pitkern, Norfuk, Norf'k, Norfolkese, Norfolk Language
CLASSIFICATION		Pidgin or Creole, English based
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		pih
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Norfolk English
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Information from: “Australia and the Pacific” (424-557) . Stephen A Wurm (2007) Routledge

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<630
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"580 speakers on Norfolk Island. The language is getting impoverished and anglicized on Pitcairn Island among the fifty inhabitants, a remnant of 225 in 1940."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Language is in diglossic relationship with Standard British English."

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
630
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
800
Native speakers worldwide

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

MORE ON VITALITY

"The language is not transmitted in full to the children and is no longer spoken in some families."

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

"Knowledge and use of Norf'k enjoys considerable prestige, and public support for a revival programme is substantial."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

English

Scripts (Writing system)

Latin

More on Orthography

Competing proposals for standardized spelling arose in the late 1980s.

PLACES: Norfolk Island, Australia, New Zealand

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
436
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"400 on Norfolk Island."

PLACES: Norfolk Island; Pitcairn;

			2012	LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)						Institute for Language Information and Technology		Eastern Michigan University	http://llmap.org	Anthony Aristar and Helen Aristar-Dry and Yichun Xie	Anthony Aristar, Helen Aristar-Dry and Yichun Xie. 2012. "LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)." Online: http://llmap.org.												-29.022622, 167.942864
		3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing	Paris				http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub	630	100-999					Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
			2013	Norf'k	The Survey of Pidgin and Creole Languages - Volume I: English-based and Dutch-based Languages	232-240	Michaelis, Susanne Maria, Philippe Maurer, Martin Haspelmath, and Magnus Huber	Oxford University Press	Oxford		23			Mühlhäusler, Peter			800	100-999		English	"Knowledge and use of Norf'k enjoys considerable prestige, and public support for a revival programme is substantial."		Severely Endangered (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	"The language is not transmitted in full to the children and is no longer spoken in some families."	14	Norfolk Island, Australia, New Zealand
070071197X	3	1	2007	Australia and the Pacific	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	424-557		Routledge	Abingdon					Stephen A Wurm	Wurm, Stephen A. 2007. Australia and the Pacific. In Christopher Moseley, Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, 1 edn., 424-557. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 070071197X	ll_pub	<630	100-999	"580 speakers on Norfolk Island. The language is getting impoverished and anglicized on Pitcairn Island among the fifty inhabitants, a remnant of 225 in 1940."	British English;		"Language is in diglossic relationship with Standard British English."	Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
		16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX				http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	436	100-999	"400 on Norfolk Island."				Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Norfolk Island; Pitcairn;

Pitcairn-Norfolk

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<630

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

630

Severely endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

800

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

436

Discussion

Pitcairn-Norfolk

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<630

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

630

Severely endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

800

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

436

Discussion

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