Northern Territory Pidgin English

Northern Territory Pidgin English was an English-based pidgin language spoken in Northern Australia by Aboriginal Australians.

History

The predecessor to Northern Territory Pidgin English was another pidgin called Port Jackson Pidgin English was first attested in 1796 as being used by Aboriginal Australians and the British officials to communicate between each other in Port Jackson. PJPE would evolve into NTPE and by 1908 NTPE would creolize into Australian Kriol. After the creolization not all speakers would switch and many continued to speak NTPE and NTPE would transition into Later Northern Territory Pidgin English.