(documentation UnserDeutschLanguage EnglishLanguage "The UnserDeutschLanguage is a GermanBasedCreoleLanguage of PapuaNewGuinea. SIL code: ULN. ISO 639-2: crp. Population: 100 or fewer fluent speakers including 15 in New Britain, a few in other parts of PNG and the rest in southeastern Queensland, Australia (1981 C. Volker). Population total both countries: 100 or fewer. Region: West New Britain. Also spoken in Australia. Alternate names: RABAUL CREOLE GERMAN. Comments: All speakers are fluent in at least two of the following: Standard German, English, or Tok Pisin. Some can also speak Kuanua. Most speakers are middle-aged or older, although many younger members of the community can understand it. The descendent of a pidginized form of Standard German which originated in the Gazelle Peninsula of New Britain during German colonial times among the Catholic mixed-race ('Vunapope') community. With increased mobility and intermarriage, it has been disappearing in the last few decades. Grammar. Nearly extinct.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
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