Native to Papua New Guinea ISO 639-3 tbc | Region Madang Province Glottolog taki1248 | |
Native speakers (undated figure of 40,000) Language family Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Western Oceanic
North New Guinea ?
Ngero–Vitiaz
Bel
Nuclear Bel
Northern
Takia | ||
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 language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA