Unserdeutsch

Unserdeutsch is a creole or pidgin, spoken in Papua New Guinea. Wikidata counts about 100 speakers (2020). Wikidata describes it as “German-based creole language spoken primarily in Papua New Guinea”.

8a · MoribundLatn100

Wikidata record Glottolog

At a glance

ISO 639-3: uln
Glottocode: unse1236
Family: unclassified
EGIDS: 8a Moribund
Wikipedia: 28 language editions

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8aEGIDS level

Facts

Name	Unserdeutsch
Also called	Rabaul Creole German, Unserdeutsch language
All speakers	100 (2020)
Written in	Latin script
Kind	creole or pidgin

Vitality

EGIDS 8a Moribund8a

Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.

Other languages at this level

where it is spoken

Countries

Papua New Guinea630 languages in the index

Also spoken in Papua New Guinea

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · International tpiTok Pisinunclassified · 4.1 m1 · National enqEngaTrans–New Guinea · 230,0005 · Developing hmoHiri MotuAustronesian · 120,0003 · Wider Communication ksdTolaiAustronesian · 81,0003 · Wider Communication meuMotuAustronesian · 39,0005 · Developing azrAdzeraAustronesian · 30,0004 · Educational snpSianeunclassified · 29,0005 · Developing agdAgarabiunclassified · 27,0006a · Vigorous gahAlekanoTrans–New Guinea · 25,0007 · Shifting