Queensland Kanaka English

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.

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

See also

• Blackbirding
• Kanakas

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.