Takia language

Takia
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Madang Province
Native speakers	(undated figure of 40,000)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic North New Guinea ? Ngero–Vitiaz Bel Nuclear Bel Northern Takia; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tbc
Glottolog	taki1248

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 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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