Takia
Takia is an Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
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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.
From Wikipedia · Takia language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Takia
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | pein | |
| person | tamolpein* | |
| name | yaNa* | |
| eye | mala* | |
| ear | kkdo* | |
| nose | Ndu* | |
| tooth | lwo* | |
| tongue | bale* | |
| hand | bani* | |
| blood | dar* | |
| bone | tatu* | |
| skin | sklo* | |
| knee | tru* | |
| breast | su* | |
| liver | ate* | |
| water | you | |
| fire | yai* | |
| sun | ad* | |
| star | patui* | |
| stone | pat | |
| mountain | did* | |
| leaf | irou* | |
| night | tdom* | |
| dog | goun* | |
| louse | ut* | |
| one | ksaek* | |
| two | raru* | |
| I | Nai* | |
| you | oN* | |
| we | id* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · taki1248 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · tbc