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Torres Strait-Lockhart River Creole

Torres Strait-Lockhart River Creole is an Indo-European language spoken in Australia, by about 7,800 people. Glottolog rates it threatened.

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Torres Strait-Lockhart River Creole · 11.1°S 142.7°E

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.

From Wikipedia · Torres Strait Creole · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Torres Strait-Lockhart River Creole

MeaningWordRomanization
womanoman
personage*
eyeay*
eartaliNa*
nosenos*
toothtit*
tonguetang
handan*
bloodblad*
bonebon*
skinskin*
breastsusu
liverliba*
waterwata*
sunsan*
starsta*
stoneston*
mountainil*
treetri*
nightnait*
dogdog*
catpusiket
pigpig
louselaus*
onewan*
twotu*
Iay*
youyu*
wemipla*
drinkdriN*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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