Takuu

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
nho
Alternate Names
Mortlock, Taku, Tau, Tauu
User Population

1,750 (Moesinger 2018). 320 on Takuu atoll. 100 monolinguals.

Location

Bougainville province: Atolls district, northeast of Bougainville, Mortlock village, Takuu atoll; scattered, especially on mainland Papua New Guinea.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, Samoic-Outlier, Ellicean
Dialects

None known. Distinct from Nukumanu [nuq] and Nukuria [nur] and Ontong Java [ojv] and Sikaiana [sky] in Solomon Islands, though very closely related.

Typology

SVO; prepositions; tense and aspect; 18 consonant and 10 vowel phonemes; geminate consonants; dual number; inclusive/exclusive pronouns.

Language Use

Not endangered (2000 D. Tryon). Most domains. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Many also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Moyle 2011).

Language Development

Literature. Videos. Dictionary. NT: 2009.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Takuu
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Traditional religion, Christian.