Our people speak and use our traditional languages on a daily basis for our culture, our well-being and our spirit.
Culture and language are inseparable and cannot be considered in isolation from each other. The vision of the Torres Strait Traditional Languages Centre incorporates this inter-dependence and recognises the decline in speakers of our traditional languages and the impact that language has on the well-being of all Torres Strait Island and Aboriginal peoples.
The following values and principles need to be considered as a whole and are inseparable when considering Torres Strait traditional languages: