Queensland Kanaka English

Extinct English-based pidgin of Australia

Queensland Kanaka English
Region	Queensland, Australia
Era	from 1860s
Language family	English-based pidgin Pacific Queensland Kanaka English
Writing system	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.

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.

Languages of Australia

English varieties

Australian
Western Australian
South Australian
Australian Aboriginal
Torres Strait

Major Indigenous
languages

Anindilyakwa Arrernte Burarra Kalaw Lagaw Ya Murrinh Patha Tiwi Walmajarri Warlpiri Warumungu Western Desert Luritja Pintupi Pitjantjatjara Yolŋu Matha Dhuwal Djambarrpuyngu
Language families	Bunuban Daly (5 families) Darwin Region? (3 families/isolates) Garrwan Giimbiyu Iwaidjan Jarrakan Macro-Gunwinyguan? (5-6 families/isolates) Marrku–Wurrugu? Mirndi Nyulnyulan Pama–Nyungan Tangkic Tasmanian (4 families?) Tiwi Worrorran Yangmanic (incl. Wagiman)?

Pidgins, creoles and
mixed languages

Major immigrant languages

Major foreign languages

Sign languages

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Tok Pisin Pijin Bislama Torres Strait Creole Loyalty Islands Pidgin English New Caledonian Pidgin English† Micronesian Pidgin English† Queensland Kanaka English Maori Pidgin English† Samoan Plantation Pidgin†