Pitcairnese

See also: pitcairnese

English

Etymology

From Pitcairn +‎ -ese.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Pit‧cairn‧ese
• Rhymes: -iːz

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Adjective

Pitcairnese (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the Pitcairn Islands.

Proper noun

Pitcairnese

1. (linguistics) A creole spoken in the Pitcairn Islands, formed from an eighteenth-century dialect of English and the Tahitian language.

Synonyms

• Pitkern
• Pitcairn-Norfolk

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Pitcairnese, pih ⁠

Anagrams

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