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Queensland Kanaka English

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Extinct English-based pidgin of Australia

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Queensland Kanaka English
RegionQueensland, Australia
Erafrom 1860s
Language familyEnglish-based pidgin
  • Pacific
    • Queensland Kanaka English
Writing systemLatin
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologquee1234

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.

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References

Sources

  • 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. doi:10.1075/eww.4.2.05dut.
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