Brokan

E365532

creole language language

Brokan is a creole language spoken by Torres Strait Islanders in northern Australia.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Brokan canonical	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	creole language ⓘ language ⓘ
alternativeName	Broken ⓘ Torres Strait Creole ⓘ Yumplatok ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Cape York Creole ⓘ Papuan Tip English Creole ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
developedFrom	English ⓘ various Torres Strait Indigenous languages ⓘ
hasDialects	eastern Torres Strait variety ⓘ western Torres Strait variety ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup	Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
hasGlottocode	torr1262 ⓘ
hasGrammaticalInfluenceFrom	Torres Strait Island languages ⓘ surface form: Indigenous Torres Strait languages
hasISO639-3Code	tcs ⓘ
hasLexifierLanguage	English ⓘ
hasNumberOfSpeakers	several thousand speakers ⓘ
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom	Kala Lagaw Ya ⓘ Meriam Mir ⓘ
hasStatus	community language ⓘ minority language in Australia ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script
languageFamily	English-based creole ⓘ
recognizedBy	linguists as a distinct language ⓘ
region	northern Australia ⓘ
spokenBy	Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
spokenIn	Australia ⓘ Queensland ⓘ Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
usedAs	lingua franca in the Torres Strait ⓘ
usedBy	Torres Strait Islander diaspora communities in mainland Australia ⓘ
usedIn	education (some community and bilingual programs) ⓘ everyday communication ⓘ media in the Torres Strait ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Torres Strait Islanders → hasLanguage → Brokan ⓘ