Takia language

Takia language

Infobox Language
name= Takia
states=Papua New Guinea
region=Madang Province
speakers=19,619 (2003 SIL)
familycolor=Austronesian
fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
fam3=Central-Eastern
fam4=Eastern
fam5=Oceanic
fam6=Western
fam7=North New Guinea
fam8=Ngero-Vitiaz
fam9=Vitiaz
fam10=Bel
fam11=Nuclear Bel
fam12=Northern Nuclear Bel languages
fam12=Northern Nuclear Bel
script=
iso2=
iso3=tbd

Takia is an Austronesian language spoken by about 20,000 people on Karkar Island, Bagabag Island, and coastal villages Megiar and Serang, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. Children are being discouraged from using Takia, and it is being supplanted by Tok Pisin and English.

External links

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