Takia

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
tbc
Autonym
Takia
User Population

25,000 (Ross 2002c).

Location

Madang province: Madang district, Bagabag island, Karkar island south half, Megiar and Serang coastal villages.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Ngero-Vitiaz, Vitiaz, Bel, Nuclear Bel, Northern
Dialects

Megiar, Serang.

Typology

SOV; postpositions; noun head initial; verb affixes mark person and number; 15 consonants and 5 vowels; stress on final syllable; verb serialization; inclusive/exclusive pronouns; alienable/inalienable possession.

Language Use

Used by all. Some also use English [eng] (Ross 2009). Also use Tok Pisin [tpi], especially children, who often master it before Takia, and all others except older women. Used as L2 by Bargam [mlp], Matukar Panau [mjk].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 50%–75%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. People usually write in Tok Pisin [tpi] or English [eng]. Literature. NT: 1999.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Takia
Writing

Latin script [Latn].