Appendix:Basic Norfuk glossary

Here are basic words and conversational phrases in Norfuk, also called Norfolk, a language spoken in Norfolk Island.

Phrasebook

• watawieh - hello, how are you?
• welkam - welcome
• yorlye - you (as second person plural pronoun)
• all yorlye - you all; another form of the second person plural, more common than simply "yorlye" (similar to "y'all")
• see yorlye morla - see you tomorrow (when referring to multiple people)
• watawieh all yorlye - hello everyone (general greeting to a group)
• yorlye kum baek sun - You all come back soon, traditional farewell from the island.
• dem tull - they say
• webaut yu gwen(?) - where are you going(?)
• mai - later
• wettles - food (from the now-archaic English word "victuals")
• Norfuk Ailen - Norfolk Island
• a trip ina stik - A walk in the rainforest (a tourist attraction)

References

• The Norfuk Language - Single Words and Phrases in Norfuk, spoken