Norfolk/Pitcairnese alphabet

Norfolk/Pitcairnese alphabet

The Norfolk/Pitcairnese alphabet is based on the Latin alphabet. It is used to write Norfolk/Pitcairnese.

It contains 22 letters and 5 digraphs:

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Norfolk/Pitcairnese also uses the other digraphs and 1 trigraph below.

:IE SH KS (SCH)

The letter "C" (meaning "K" or "S"("Ch" meaning "Sh")) are used in foreign loan words, "Q" (Meaning "K" and pronounced "kiiuuw"), "V" (Meaning "W" and pronounced "dobaliiuuw"), "X" (Meaning "KS" and pronounced "eks" or "iks"), "Z" (Meaning "S" and pronounced "sed") are not part of the Norfolk/Pitcairnese alphabet, but are used in foreign loan words.

ee also

* Alphabets derived from the Latin
* English alphabet
* Norfolk/Pitcairnese
* English language


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