Torres Strait Creole language
Torres Strait Creole (ISO 639-3 code tcs) is a language of the Indo-European family spoken in Australia. It has about 6,000 speakers. The Endangered Languages Project lists it as vulnerable.
Facts
| ISO 639-3 code | tcs |
|---|---|
| Glottocode | torr1261 |
| Family | Indo-European |
| Area | Australia |
| Countries | Australia |
| Speakers (estimate) | 6,000 |
| Endangerment | Vulnerable (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available) |
Related languages
Other Indo-European languages, nearest first.
- English1,500,000,000 speakers
- Piemontese2,000,000 speakers
- Eastern Yiddish1,200,000 speakers
- Pitcairn-Norfolk630 speakers
- Hindi610,000,000 speakers
- Spanish560,000,000 speakers
- French310,000,000 speakers
- Bengali273,000,000 speakers
- Portuguese264,000,000 speakers
- Russian255,000,000 speakers
- Urdu232,000,000 speakers
- German135,000,000 speakers
More about Torres Strait Creole
- Glottolog: classification and references
- Endangered Languages Project: vitality and resources
- Wikipedia article
Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status and speaker estimate: Endangered Languages Project. Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.