Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)

From monolingualism to multilingualism in Australias Torres Strait island communities / Anna Shnukal

From monolingualism to multilingualism in Australias Torres Strait island communities / Anna Shnukal

The linguistic history of the Torres Strait islanders shows a change from distinct monolingual groups speaking Kala Lagaw Ya in the West and Meriam Mir in the east with island dialect variations to the shift towards English and Torres Strait Creole at the expense of traditional languages