Torres Strait Creole
A language of Australia
| Population | 23,400 (Holm 1989). |
| Region | Torres Strait Islands, towns on upper Cape York, some towns on north Queensland east coast. |
| Alternate names | Cape York Creole, Lockhart Creole, Torres Strait Broken, Torres Strait Pidgin, West Torres |
| Dialects | Ap-Ne-Ap, Modern Langus. Lexical similarity: 80% with English. |
| Classification | Creole, English based, Pacific |
| Language use | Trade language between west and central islanders and east islanders. L2 speakers. |
| Language development | Bible portions: 1997. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | A creolization of Tok Pisin [tpi] or Bislama [bis] and Kala Lagaw [mwp]. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
KENNEDY, Rodney J., author. 1985. Broken: The language spoken by Torres Strait islanders.
SANDEFUR, John R., author. 1990. "Kriol and Torres Strait Creole: Where do they meet?."
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