Torres Strait Creole

E365533
English-based creole creole language natural language

Torres Strait Creole is an English-based creole language spoken primarily by Torres Strait Islanders in northern Australia and nearby regions.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Torres Strait Creole canonical 8
Torres Strait Island language 1
Torres Strait Islander language 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English-based creole ⓘ
creole language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
alternativeName Torres Strait Creole ⓘ
surface form: Torres Strait Pidgin English

Yumplatok ⓘ
developedFrom Torres Strait Pidgin English ⓘ
developedInCentury 19th century ⓘ
hasCommunityEffort language maintenance and revitalization initiatives ⓘ
hasGrammaticalInfluenceFrom Pacific English-lexifier pidgins ⓘ
hasLexicalSource English maritime vocabulary ⓘ
local Indigenous languages ⓘ
hasMorphosyntacticFeature SVO basic word order ⓘ
reduced inflectional morphology compared to English ⓘ
tense-mood-aspect markers distinct from English ⓘ
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom English ⓘ
Kala Lagaw Ya ⓘ
hasSpeakerPopulationEstimate several thousand speakers ⓘ
hasStatus regional language ⓘ
hasSubstrateLanguage Kala Lagaw Ya ⓘ
Meriam Mir ⓘ
various Australian Aboriginal languages ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script
isRelatedTo Papuan Tip languages (contact-related) ⓘ
isSpokenByGeneration adults ⓘ
children ⓘ
elders ⓘ
isSubjectOf linguistic description and documentation projects ⓘ
isUsedInDomain education (informal and some bilingual programs) ⓘ
local media ⓘ
religion ⓘ
languageCodeISO639-3 tcs ⓘ
languageFamily English-based creole languages ⓘ
primaryLexifierLanguage English ⓘ
spokenBy Aboriginal communities in northern Queensland ⓘ
Torres Strait Islanders ⓘ
spokenInCountry Australia ⓘ
spokenInRegion Cape York Peninsula ⓘ
Thursday Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
North Queensland ⓘ
surface form: northern Queensland
usedAs community language ⓘ
lingua franca in the Torres Strait ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Torres Strait Islanders → hasLanguage → Torres Strait Creole ⓘ
Torres Strait Islanders → usesLinguaFranca → Torres Strait Creole ⓘ
Torres Strait Islands → hasLocalCreole → Torres Strait Creole ⓘ
Kalaw Lagaw Ya → subclassOf → Torres Strait Creole ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Island language
Mabuyag dialect → partOf → Torres Strait Creole ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Islander language
Mabuyag dialect → isSpokenAlongside → Torres Strait Creole ⓘ
Brokan → alternativeName → Torres Strait Creole ⓘ
Torres Strait Creole → alternativeName → Torres Strait Creole ⓘ
this entity surface form: Torres Strait Pidgin English
Zenadh Kes → hasPrimaryLanguages → Torres Strait Creole ⓘ
Zenadh Kes people → hasLanguage → Torres Strait Creole ⓘ
Zenadh Kes people → usesLinguaFranca → Torres Strait Creole ⓘ