Queensland Kanaka English

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Queensland Kanaka English
Spoken in: Queensland, Australia
Total speakers:
Language family: English-based pidgin. 
Writing system: Latin alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: cpe
ISO 639-3: –

 

Queensland Kanaka English, Queensland Canefields English or Queensland Plantation Pidgin English is an English-based pidgin language that was spoken by Melanesian labourers in Queensland, Australia from the late 1860s.

[edit] References

  • Dutton, Thomas E. (1980). Queensland Canefields English of the late nineteenth century. Pacific Linguistics. 
  • Dutton, Thomas E.; Mühlhäusler, Peter (1984). "Queensland Kanaka English". English World-Wide 4 (2): 231–264. 

[edit] See also

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Mid-Pacific English-based pidgins and creoles
Tok Pisin · Pijin · Bislama · Torres Strait Creole · Loyalty Islands Pidgin English · New Caledonian Pidgin English† · Micronesian Pidgin English† · Queensland Kanaka English · Maori Pidgin English† · Samoan Plantation Pidgin†
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