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.Children are discouraged from using Takia and it is being supplanted by Tok Pisin and English.
ISO 639-3 code
tbc
family
Malayo-Polynesian languages, North New Guinea languages, Oceanic languages, Western Oceanic languages
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