Hiri Motu

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Austronesian language language lingua franca official language

Hiri Motu is an Austronesian lingua franca and one of the official languages of Papua New Guinea, historically used for trade and communication among diverse ethnic groups.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Hiri Motu canonical 32
Central Motu 1
East Motu 1

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
language ⓘ
lingua franca ⓘ
official language ⓘ
alternativeName Motu ⓘ
surface form: Police Motu
basisOf Pidginized form of Motu ⓘ
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
derivedFrom Motu language ⓘ
developedAs trade language ⓘ
grammarType SOV-dominant word order (with variation) ⓘ
hasGlottocode hiri1238 ⓘ
hasISO639-1Code ho ⓘ
hasISO639-2Code hmo ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code hmo ⓘ
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Motu language ⓘ
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom Motu language ⓘ
hasSpeakerCommunity Papuan and Austronesian ethnic groups in Papua New Guinea ⓘ
hasType contact language ⓘ
historicalFunction maritime trade along the Papuan coast ⓘ
historicallyUsedBy diverse ethnic groups in Papua New Guinea ⓘ
isOneOf official languages of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
namedAfter Hiri trade voyages ⓘ
officialStatusIn Papua New Guinea ⓘ
region Papua New Guinea ⓘ
relatedTo Motu language ⓘ
Tok Pisin ⓘ
spokenAround Port Moresby ⓘ
spokenIn southern Papua New Guinea ⓘ
status declining use ⓘ
subfamily Oceanic languages ⓘ
usedAs lingua franca ⓘ
usedFor interethnic communication ⓘ
trade ⓘ
usedIn Papua New Guinea ⓘ
usedInDomain administration ⓘ
government ⓘ
policing ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oceania → hasOfficialLanguage → Hiri Motu ⓘ
Papua New Guinea → officialLanguage → Hiri Motu ⓘ
Papua New Guinea → nationalLanguage → Hiri Motu ⓘ
National Parliament of Papua New Guinea → languageUsed → Hiri Motu ⓘ
PNG → languageOfCountry → Hiri Motu ⓘ
Port Moresby → commonlySpokenLanguage → Hiri Motu ⓘ
Trust Territory of New Guinea under Australian administration → commonLanguage → Hiri Motu ⓘ
Motu → isBasisFor → Hiri Motu ⓘ
Motu → influenced → Hiri Motu ⓘ
Motu → hasDialects → Hiri Motu ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Motu
Motu → hasDialects → Hiri Motu ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Motu
Motu → hasDialects → Hiri Motu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Motu
Motu → isDistinctFrom → Hiri Motu ⓘ
Motu language → hasContactVariety → Hiri Motu ⓘ
Motu language → influenced → Hiri Motu ⓘ
Autonomous Region of Bougainville → hasOfficialLanguage → Hiri Motu ⓘ
Territory of New Guinea → language → Hiri Motu ⓘ
Western Oceanic → hasLanguage → Hiri Motu ⓘ
flag of Papua New Guinea → officialLanguageContext → Hiri Motu ⓘ
New Ireland Province → officialLanguage → Hiri Motu ⓘ
Manus people → countryOfficialLanguage → Hiri Motu ⓘ
Lou Island → hasOfficialLanguageOfCountry → Hiri Motu ⓘ
West New Britain Province → officialLanguage → Hiri Motu ⓘ
Manus Province → officialLanguage → Hiri Motu ⓘ
government of Papua New Guinea → recognizesLanguages → Hiri Motu ⓘ
Pangu Party → inLanguage → Hiri Motu ⓘ
National Capital District → officialLanguage → Hiri Motu ⓘ
Parliament → languageUsed → Hiri Motu ⓘ
subject surface form: Parliament of Papua New Guinea
Eastern Highlands Province → hasLanguage → Hiri Motu ⓘ
Central Province → officialLanguage → Hiri Motu ⓘ
Boroko → languageUsed → Hiri Motu ⓘ
Gordons → hasLanguageInUse → Hiri Motu ⓘ
Hohola → hasLanguage → Hiri Motu ⓘ
Konedobu → languageUsed → Hiri Motu ⓘ
Jiwaka Province → officialLanguage → Hiri Motu ⓘ