Classification
As Norfuk does not have words to express some concepts, some have described it as a cant. However, many linguists now classify it as an Atlantic Creole language, despite the island's location in the Pacific Ocean.
The language is closely related to Pitkern, but has no other close relatives other than its parent tongues of English and Tahitian. It is generally considered that English has had more of an influence upon the language than Tahitian, with words of Tahitian extraction being largely confined to taboo subjects, negative characterisations, and adjectives indicating that something is undesirable.
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