Torres Strait Creole is the most widely spoken Indigenous language in Queensland, used by over thirty thousand people as a first, second or third language. It is a direct descendant of Pacific Pidgin English, the lingua franca of the Pacific from the turn of the 19th century when it arrived in the Torres Strait. It became the first language of a generation of children and thus expanded its functions beyond a contact language (the pidgin) and became Torres Strait Creole. Due to its provenance it is related to Tok Pisin in New Guinea, Bislama in Vanuatu and Solomon Islands Pijin.

Torres Strait Creole has been spoken by six generations and is one of the three Indigenous languages of the Torres Strait, along with Kala Yagaw Ya Y1 / Kalaw Kawaw Ya Y2 and eastern Meriam Mir Y3, although it has less status than those traditional languages (Shnukal, 2004:7). This language is also known by the names Broken (P2) and Yumpla Tok (P2).

See also Mabuyag Y239, Kulkalgaw Ya Y4, Kawalgaw Ya Y5 as well as Kriol P1, Kimberley Kriol P5 and Gurindji Kriol P6.

Note: this code (P2) is also used to identify Torres Strait Islanders in the thesaurus but this does not imply that all are speakers of Torres Strait Creole.