Queensland Kanaka English
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| Queensland Kanaka English | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Queensland, Australia |
| Era | from 1860s |
| Language family | |
| Writing system | Latin |
| Language codes | |
| 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.
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