Population: 47 (July 2001 est.)
Languages: English (official), Pitcairnese (mixture of an 18th century English dialect and a Tahitian dialect)
Background: Pitcairn Island was discovered in 1767 by the British and settled in 1790 by the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian companions. Pitcairn was the first Pacific island to become a British colony (in 1838) and today remains the last vestige of that...
Currency: New Zealand Dollar (NZD, NZD (NZ$1.46 = US$1))
Data from CIA World Factbook. Click on CIA link for more. Click on map or flag for larger images.
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Typographic People from Pitcairn
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Related Links
· CIA World Factbook: Pitcairn
· Ethnologue: Languages of Pitcairn