Torres Strait Creole
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A language of Australia
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Ailan Tok, Ap-Ne-Ap, Big Thap, Blaik, Blaiman, Broken, Cape York Creole, Creole, Pizin, Tores Streit Yumplatok, Torres Strait Broken, Torres Strait Pidgin English, West Torres
Autonym
Yumplatok
Population
6,040 (2006 census).
Location
Queensland state: Torres Strait Islands, towns on upper Cape York, some on north Queensland east coast.
Language Status
3 (Wider communication).
Classification
Dialects
None known. Lexical similarity: 80% with English.
Language Development
NT: 2014.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script [Latn].
A creolization of Tok Pisin [tpi] or Bislama [bis] and Kala Lagaw [mwp].