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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Papua New Guinean Hiri Motu canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| 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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.