Editing Norfuk language (section)

{{Short description|Official language of Norfolk Island}}
{{For|the dialect of the English county of Norfolk|Norfolk dialect}}
{{See also|Pitkern language}}
{{EngvarB|date=July 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox language
| name = Norfolk
| nativename = {{lang|pih-NF|Norfuk, Norf'k}}
| pronunciation = {{IPA|en|nɔːfuk||generic=yes}}
| region = [[Norfolk Island]] and [[Lord Howe Island]]
| speakers = {{sigfig|1,786|1}}
| date = 2002–2017
| ref = e25
| speakers2 = 6 on [[Lord Howe Island]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC12387|title = 2016 Census QuickStats: Lord Howe Island}}</ref>
| familycolor = Creole
| fam1 = English–Tahitian [[Creole language|creole]]
| fam2 = [[Pitkern]]–Norfuk
| script = [[Latin script|Latin]] ([[Norfolk/Pitcairnese alphabet]])
| nation = {{flag|Norfolk Island}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.info.gov.nf/legislation/NumberedActs/2004/NorfolkIslandLanguage(Norf%27k)Act2004.doc |title=Archived copy |website=www.info.gov.nf |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725040011/http://www.info.gov.nf/legislation/NumberedActs/2004/NorfolkIslandLanguage(Norf%27k)Act2004.doc |archive-date=25 July 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| map2 = Lang Status 80-VU.svg
| mapcaption2 = {{center|{{small|Norfuk is classified as Vulnerable by the [[UNESCO]] ''[[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]''}}}}
| iso3 = pih
| iso3comment = Pitcairn-Norfolk
| isoexception = dialect
| ietf = pih-NF
| glotto = pitc1234
| glottoname = Pitcairn-Norfolk
| lingua = 52-ABB-dd
}}

'''Norfuk''' ({{langx|pih|Norfuk}}) (increasingly spelt '''Norfolk''') or '''Norf'k'''<ref name="Norfolk Island Language (Norf'k) Act 2004" /> is the language spoken on [[Norfolk Island]] (in the Pacific Ocean) by the local residents. It is a blend of 18th-century English and [[Tahitian language|Tahitian]], originally introduced by [[Pitkern language|Pitkern]]-speaking settlers from the [[Pitcairn Islands]]. Along with English, it is the [[Norfolk Island#Language|co-official language]] of Norfolk Island.<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 April 2005 |work=[[The Dominion Post (Wellington)|The Dominion Post]] |page=B3}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/04/19/waust19.xml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051210230940/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/04/19/waust19.xml |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-12-10 |title=Save our dialect, say Bounty islanders |date=2005-04-19 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=6 April 2007}}</ref>

Norfuk has always been a linguistic [[cant (language)|cant]].<ref name=Laycock>Donald Laycock (1989) 'The Status of Pitcairn-Norfolk: Creole, Dialect or Cant? In Ammon (ed.) ''Status and Function of Language and Language Varieties'', Walter de Gruyter</ref> As travel to and from Norfolk Island becomes more common, Norfuk is falling into disuse.<ref>{{Citation |last=Feizkhah |first=Elizabeth |title=Keeping Norfolk Alive |date=6 August 2001 |url=http://www.time.com/time/pacific/magazine/20010806/pb.html |work=TIME Pacific |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051013085754/http://www.time.com/time/pacific/magazine/20010806/pb.html |archive-date=13 October 2005}}</ref> However, efforts are being made in recent years to restore the language to more common usage, such as the education of children, the publication of English–Norfuk dictionaries, the use of the language in signage, and the renaming of some tourist attractions – most notably the [[rainforest]] walk "{{lang|pih-NF|A Trip Ina Stik}}" – to their Norfuk equivalents. In 2007, the [[United Nations]] added Norfuk to its list of [[endangered language]]s.<ref>{{cite news | title = UN adds Norfolk language to endangered list | publisher = ABC News | url = http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/17/2008195.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071023021051/http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/17/2008195.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = 23 October 2007 | access-date = 5 May 2013 }}</ref>