Takia | Ethnologue

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639: tbc
Autonym: Takia
Population: 25,000 (Ross 2002c).
Location:: Madang province: Madang district, Bagabag island, Karkar island south half, Megiar and Serang coastal villages.
Language Status: 5 (Developing).
Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Ngero-Vitiaz, Vitiaz, Bel, Nuclear Bel, Northern
Dialects: Megiar, Serang.
Typology: SOV; postpositions; noun head initial; verb affixes mark person and number; 15 consonants and 5 vowels; stress on final syllable; verb serialization; inclusive/exclusive pronouns; alienable/inalienable possession.
Language Use: Used by all. Some also use English [eng] (Ross 2009). Also use Tok Pisin [tpi], especially children, who often master it before Takia, and all others except older women. Used as L2 by Bargam [mlp], Matukar Panau [mjk].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 50%–75%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. People usually write in Tok Pisin [tpi] or English [eng]. Taught in primary schools. Literature. NT: 1999.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Takia
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Madang province: Madang district, Bagabag island, Karkar island south half, Megiar and Serang coastal villages.