Torres Strait Creole

Torres Strait Creole
Torres Strait Creole
Yumplatok
Region	Australia; Papua New Guinea
Native speakers	7,800 (2021 census); 20,000–30,000 according to linguists
Language family	English Creole Pacific Torres Strait Creole; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tcs
Glottolog	torr1261
AIATSIS	P2
ELP	Torres Strait Creole
Linguasphere	52-ABB-cb (varieties: ; 52-ABB-cba to -cbd)
IETF	tcs-AU (Australia); tcs-PG (Papua New Guinea)

Torres Strait Creole (Torres Strait Creole: Yumplatok), also known as Torres Strait Pidgin, Brokan/Broken, Cape York Creole, Lockhart Creole, Kriol, Papuan, Broken English, Blaikman, Big Thap, Pizin, and Ailan Tok, is an English-based creole language (a variety of Pidgin English) spoken on several Torres Strait Islands of Queensland, Australia; Northern Cape York; and south-western coastal Papua New Guinea (PNG).

It has an estimated 20,000–30,000 mother-tongue and bi/tri-lingual speakers. It is widely used as a language of trade and commerce.

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