| States | Papua New Guinea |
|---|---|
| Region | Madang Province |
| Speakers | 40,000 |
| Date | no date |
| Ref | e16 |
| Familycolor | Austronesian |
| Fam 2 | Malayo-Polynesian |
| Fam 3 | Oceanic |
| Fam 4 | Western Oceanic |
| Fam 5 | North New Guinea ? |
| Fam 6 | Ngero–Vitiaz |
| Fam 7 | Bel |
| Fam 8 | Nuclear Bel |
| Fam 9 | Northern |
| Iso 3 | tbc |
| Glotto | taki1248 |
| Glottorefname | 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.[citation needed]
Phonology
| Labial | Alveolar | Velar | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p b | t d | k g |
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ |
| Fricative | f | s | |
| Rhotic | r | ||
| Lateral | l | ||
| Glide | w | j |
Voiced stops can be optionally prenasalised word initially as [ᵐb, ⁿd, ᵑɡ] in some dialects.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Low | a |
/a/ is heard as [æ] before a consonant preceding /i/. The sequence /ae/ is pronounced word-initially and word-medially as [æː].[1]
References
- ^ Ross, Malcolm (2002). Takia. John Lynch and Malcolm Ross and Terry Crowley (eds.), The Oceanic Languages: Richmond: Curzon. pp. 216–248.
External links
- Takia Vocabulary List (from the World Loanword Database)
- Kaipuleohone has archived a Takia word list as part of Robert Blust's field notes