The ASJP Database - Wordlist Torres Strait Creole

Wordlist Torres Strait Creole

Compiled by Zarina Molochieva

No.	Meaning	Concepticon	Word	Loan

Glottocode: torr1261
ISO 639-3: tcs

Coordinates WGS84

10°10'S, 143°E
-10.17, 143.00

number of speakers	6,170
status	alive

Classification

WALS: Oth > Creoles And Pidgins
Glottolog: Indo European > Classicalindo European > Germanic > Northwestgermanic > Westgermanic > Northseagermanic > Anglo Frisian > Anglic > Lateranglic > Middle Modernenglish > Macro English > Pacificcreoleenglish > Earlymelanesianpidgin
Ethnologue: Creole > Englishbased > Pacific

Sources

Shnukal 1999: Torres Strait creole. In Thieberger, Nick and William McGregor (eds.), Macquarie Aboriginal words: A dictionary of words from Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages, 374-398. New South Wales, Australia: The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd.