Queensland Kanaka English
(Redirected from Queensland Canefields English)
| Queensland Kanaka English | |
|---|---|
| Region | Queensland, Australia |
| Era | from 1860s |
English-based pidgin
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| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | quee1234 |
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.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Sources
[edit]- 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.