Alternate Names: Norfolkese, Pitcairn English
Dialects: Norfolk English.
Status Notes: Statutory language of national identity (2004, Norfolk Island Language (Norf’k) Act No. 25, Section 4), restrictions in Sec. 5 of Act No. 25 of 2004 bar meaningful official use.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 400 in Norfolk Island (2008 G. Evans). Population total all countries: 502.
Language Use: Valued for identity preservation. It is in a diglossic relationship with standard British English [eng] (Wurm 2007). Also use English [eng].
Other Comments: Developed from mutineers who settled on Pitcairn in 1790. All were removed to Norfolk in 1859, after which a few returned. Some descendants of Pitcairn Islanders now in Australia and New Zealand.