Takia language
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.
| Takia | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Madang Province |
Native speakers | (undated figure of 40,000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tbc |
| Glottolog | taki1248 |
Children are discouraged from using Takia, and it is being supplanted by Tok Pisin and English.[citation needed]
Phonology
Voiced stops can be optionally prenasalised word initially as [ᵐb, ⁿd, ᵑɡ] in some dialects.
/a/ is heard as [æ] before a consonant preceding /i/. The sequence /ae/ is pronounced word-initially and word-medially as [æː].[2]
