Papua New Guinean Hiri Motu

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Papua New Guinean Hiri Motu is an Austronesian-based lingua franca and simplified form of Motu historically used for interethnic communication in Papua New Guinea.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
creolized language variety
language
lingua franca
associatedWith Hiri trade voyages NERFINISHED
Motu people NERFINISHED
basedOn Motu language NERFINISHED
country Papua New Guinea
derivedFrom Motu language
hasAlternativeName Hiri Motu NERFINISHED
Pidgin Motu NERFINISHED
Police Motu NERFINISHED
Simplified Motu NERFINISHED
hasDomainOfUse community interactions
informal communication
local trade
hasFeature lexicon largely from Motu
reduced morphology compared to Motu
simplified grammar compared to Motu
hasGrammaticalInfluenceFrom Motu language NERFINISHED
hasLinguisticType contact language
hasOriginLocation Central Province of Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED
Port Moresby area
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom Motu language NERFINISHED
hasSociolinguisticRole bridge language between coastal and inland groups
hasTypology SOV-leaning word order
historicalUse administrative lingua franca
police communication language
isNot Papuan language (non-Austronesian)
ISO639Code hoj
languageBranch Malayo-Polynesian NERFINISHED
languageFamily Austronesian languages
surface form: Austronesian
languageGroup Oceanic
languageStatus developing language
languageSubgroup Central Papuan Tip NERFINISHED
region Papua region of Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED
southern Papua New Guinea
regulatoryStatus recognized language of Papua New Guinea
script Latin script
status declining use
regional lingua franca
subclassOf Central Papuan Tip languages NERFINISHED
timePeriodOfProminence 20th century
usedAlongside English NERFINISHED
Tok Pisin NERFINISHED
usedBy Papua New Guinean people
usedFor interethnic communication
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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Lorengau languageUsed Papua New Guinean Hiri Motu