Download or read book Pitkern-Norf’k written by Peter Mühlhäusler and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-10-12 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of the language of the Bounty mutineers and their Polynesian consorts that developed on remote Pitcairn Island in the late 18th century. Most of their descendants subsequently relocated to Norfolk Island. It is an in-depth study of the complex linguistic, ecological and sociohistorical forces that have been involved in the formation and subsequent development of this unique endangered language on both islands.