(documentation TorresStraitCreoleLanguage EnglishLanguage "The TorresStraitCreoleLanguage is a PacificEnglishBasedCreoleLanguage of Australia. SIL code: TCS. ISO 639-2: cpe. Population: 23,400 or fewer (1989 J. Holm). Others are second language users. Region: Torres Strait Islands, towns on upper Cape York and some towns on the east coast of north Queensland. Alternate names: TORRES STRAIT PIDGIN, TORRES STRAIT BROKEN, CAPE YORK CREOLE, LOCKHART CREOLE. Dialects: AP-NE-AP, MODERN LANGUS. Comments: 80% lexical similarity with English. A creolization of Tok Pisin or Bislama and Kala Lagau Langgus. Trade language.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
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