Torres Strait Creole

TCS

wider communication

Alternate Names: Ap-Ne-Ap, Blaik, Creole, Torres Strait Broken, West Torres, Yumplatok

Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 80% with English.

Genealogy:

Creole
English based
Pacific

Demographics: 6,040 (2006 census).

Language Use: Used as L2 by Gugubera [kkp], Kala Lagaw Ya [mwp], Kuuku-Ya’u [kuy], Meriam [ulk].

Language Development: Bible portions: 1997.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Australia

Other Comments: A creolization of Tok Pisin , or Bislama , and Kala Lagaw ,.