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Takia

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: tbc

Population	40,000.
Region	Madang Province, Madang District, south half of Karkar Island, Bagabag Island, coastal villages Megiar and Serang.
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 7, reference number 331
Dialects	Megiar, Serang.
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Ngero-Vitiaz, Vitiaz, Bel, Nuclear Bel, Northern
Language use	Domains gradually diminishing. All ages. All except older women also use Tok Pisin [tpi] or English.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 50%–75%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. People usually write in Gedaged [gdd], Tok Pisin [tpi], or English. Taught in primary schools. NT: 1999.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ROSS, Malcolm, author. 1993. "Describing interclausal relations in Takia."

WATERS, Bruce, author. Available: 1997; Created: 1992. Takia Organised Phonology Data.  

Vernacular Publications

Am naod sensen. 1986.

Ru girek. 1986.