Queensland Kanaka English Explained

Queensland Kanaka English
Region:Queensland, Australia
Era:from 1860s
Familycolor:Pidgin
Fam1:English-based pidgin
Fam2:Pacific
Script:Latin
Iso3:none
Glotto:quee1234
Glottorefname: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.

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