Torres Strait Creole

English-based creole language spoken in parts of the Torres Strait Islands and nearby land
Language language Q36648
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Torres Strait Creole is a language [1] located in Australia [2].

Torres Strait Creole

Summary

Torres Strait Creole is a language[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (75 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Torres Strait Creole is in the country of Australia[3].
  • Torres Strait Creole's instance of is recorded as language[4].
  • Torres Strait Creole's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • Torres Strait Creole's ISO 639-3 code is recorded as tcs[6].
  • Torres Strait Creole's subclass of is recorded as English-based creole languages[7].
  • Torres Strait Creole's IETF language tag is recorded as tcs[8].
  • Torres Strait Creole's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02hwkrm[9].
  • Torres Strait Creole's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Torres Strait Creole language[10].
  • Torres Strait Creole's page banner is recorded as Torres Strait Creole phrasebook banner.jpg[11].
  • Torres Strait Creole's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+7800'}[12].
  • Torres Strait Creole's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1531187[13].
  • Torres Strait Creole's ABS ASCL 2011 code is recorded as 8403[14].
  • Torres Strait Creole's AUSTLANG code is recorded as P2[15].
  • Torres Strait Creole's Glottolog code is recorded as torr1261[16].
  • Torres Strait Creole's WALS lect code is recorded as bro[17].
  • Torres Strait Creole's Ethnologue.com language code is recorded as tcs[18].
  • Torres Strait Creole's endangeredlanguages.com ID is recorded as 10289[19].
  • Torres Strait Creole's indigenous to is recorded as Queensland[20].
  • Torres Strait Creole's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/TCS[21].
  • Torres Strait Creole's exact match is recorded as https://ewave-atlas.org/languages/63[22].
  • Torres Strait Creole's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 3 Wider Communication[23].
  • Torres Strait Creole's Australian Educational Vocabulary ID is recorded as scot/15107[24].
  • Torres Strait Creole's Australian Thesaurus of Education Descriptors ID is recorded as 3666[25].

Why It Matters

Torres Strait Creole ranks in the top 4% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (75 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . IANA language subtag registry. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . abs.gov.au. abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . World Atlas of Language Structures. Retrieved . wals.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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