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Hiri Motu also known as Police Motu Pidgin Motu or just Hiri is an official language of Papua New Guinea. It is a simplified version of Motu of the Austronesian language family. Although it is strictly neither a pidgin nor a creole it possesses some features of both language types. Phonological and grammatical differences mean that Hiri Motu speakers cannot understand Motu.

ISO 639-1 code
ho
ISO 639-2 code
hmo
ISO 639-3 code
hmo
spoken in
Papua New Guinea

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