Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) #1
Channel: CAIRNS WEST STATE SCHOOL
Date: 2021-02-10

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Ms Roseanne teaches Ms Maugeri some words in Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole).

Yumplatok is a contact language and started when Torres Strait Islanders needed to trade with other people. It also grew when Missionaries came after the Coming of the Light and also Japanese people during old pearling days. Yumplatok is NOT a traditional language like KKY or Meriam mer. Many families speak Yumplatok at Cairns West.