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Motu based

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Pidgin 17

Motu based

Motu, Hiri hmo, a language of Papua New Guinea

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Eberhard, David M., Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2023. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. Twenty-sixth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.

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