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ISO 639-3 · pihpih
unclassified · creole or pidgin

Pitcairn-Norfolk

Pitkern

Pitcairn-Norfolk is a creole or pidgin, spoken in Norfolk Island, Pitcairn Islands and New Zealand. Wikidata counts 400 first-language speakers (2011). Wikidata describes it as “dialect spoken on Pitcairn Islands”.

6a · VigorousLatn532
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
pih
Glottocode
pitc1234
Family
unclassified
Wikipedia
40 language editions
400first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
1scripts
—levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level

Facts

NamePitcairn-Norfolk · Pitkern
Also calledPitkern language, Pitcairnese, Pitcairn-Norfolk, pih, Pitkern-Norfuk
L1 speakers400 (2008)
All speakers532 (2011)
Written inLatin script
Kindcreole or pidgin

Vitality

EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
UNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this level
where it is spoken

Countries

Pitcairn Islands2 languages in the indexNew Zealand9 languages in the index