Takia language
Takia | |
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Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Madang Province |
Native speakers | (undated figure of 40,000)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
tbc |
Glottolog |
taki1248 [2] |
Takia is an Austronesian language spoken on Karkar Island, Bagabag Island, and coastal villages Megiar and Serang, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. It has been syntactically restructured by Waskia, a Papuan language spoken on the island.
Children are discouraged from using Takia, and it is being supplanted by Tok Pisin and English.
References
- ↑ Takia at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Takia". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
External links
- Takia Vocabulary List (from the World Loanword Database)
- Kaipuleohone has archived a Takia word list as part of Robert Blust's field notes
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