Norfolk Island, Australia Languages

Description
Norfolk Islanders speak both English and a creole language known as Norfuk, a blend of eighteenth century English and Tahitian based on Pitkern. The Norfuk language is decreasing in popularity as more tourists come to the island and more young people leave for work and study reasons. However, efforts are being made to keep it alive via dictionaries and the renaming of some tourist attractions to their Norfuk equivalents.

Norfuk (Pitcairn-Norfolk: Norfuk) (increasingly spelt Norfolk) or Norf'k is the language spoken on Norfolk Island (in the Pacific Ocean) by the local residents. It is a blend of 18th-century English and Tahitian, originally introduced by Pitkern-speaking settlers from the Pitcairn Islands. Along with English, it is the co-official language of Norfolk Island.

Norfuk is descended predominantly from the Pitkern (Pitcairnese or Pi'kern) spoken by settlers from the Pitcairn Islands.

Word List(s)

 * Norfuk-Pitkern phrasebook at WikiVoyage

Alphabet and Pronunciation

 * Pitcairn-Norfuk Alphabet and Pronunciation - Omniglot
 * Norfolk/Pitcairnese alphabet at Wikipedia

Language Aids and Dictionaries
Language Aids

Dictionaries
 * Peter Muehlhaeusler, Pitkern-Norf'k - The language of Pitcairn Island and Norfolk Island, Berlin : Walter de Gruyter & Co, 2020 - Available at WorldCat, also Available at GoogleBooks
 * Beryl Nobbs, A Dictionary of Pitcairn-Norfolk words and usages, Norfolk Island : B. Nobbs, 1992 - Available at WorldCat
 * M. Philip Parker, Webster’s Pitcairn-Norfolk - English Thesaurus Dictionary, ICON Group International, Inc, 2008 - Available at Amazon

Online Dictionaries
 * Norfolk/Pitkern Dictionary - Ijunoon.com
 * Dictionary English - Pitcairn-Norfolk at Glosbe

Additional Resources

 * Speak Norfolk Today at GoogleBooks
 * Peter Mühlhäusler, Pitkern-Norf'k: The Language Of Pitcairn Island And Norfolk Island, De Gruyter Mouton, 2020 - Available at Biblo.com

Online
 * Pitcairn-Norfolk Endangered Language
 * Norf'k Language Words at Norfolk Online
 * Pitcairn-Norfolk language resources