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- Motu_language abstract "Motu (sometimes called Pure Motu or True Motu to distinguish it from Hiri Motu) is one of many Central Papuan Tip languages and is spoken by the Motuans, native inhabitants of Papua New Guinea. It is commonly used today in the region, particularly around the capital, Port Moresby.A simplified form of Motu developed as a trade language in the Papuan region, in the southeast of the main island of New Guinea, originally known as Police Motu, and today known as Hiri Motu. After Tok Pisin and English, Hiri Motu was at the time of independence the third most commonly spoken of the more than 800 languages of Papua New Guinea, although its use has been declining for some years, mainly in favour of Tok Pisin.Motu is classified as one of the Malayo-Polynesian languages and bears some linguistic similarities to Polynesian and Micronesian languages.Motu is a typical Austronesian language in that it is heavily vowel-based. Every Motu syllable ends in a vowel sound — this may be preceded by a single consonant (there are no "consonant clusters"). Vowel sounds may be either "pure" (consisting of a single basic sound) or diphthong (consisting of more than one basic sound). There are only five "pure" vowel sounds (approximately those of Italian); Motu diphthongs are written (and pronounced) as combinations of two "pure" vowels. The diphthongs "oi" and "oe" (both approximately like the diphthong in the English word "boy"), ""ai" and "ae" (both approximately like the diphthong in the English word "high") and "ao" and "au" (both approximately like the diphthong in the English word "cow") are the only vowel sounds that present difficulties.[citation needed]There are sixteen consonants. These are b, d, g, gw, h, k, kw, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, and the velar fricative (ɣ), usually written as ḡ. The letter "r" is an alveolar lateral flap or "flapped r"; its IPA symbol is (ɺ), and it is closer to "l" than the equivalent consonant in English. In practice, the letters "r" and "l" form a single phoneme to native speakers of Motu. There is no letter "f": When it occurs in loan words, it is usually represented as "p".Motu Braille has the usual letter assignments apart from ḡ, which is ⠿.".
- Motu_language iso6393Code "meu".
- Motu_language languageFamily Malayo-Polynesian_languages.
- Motu_language languageFamily Oceanic_languages.
- Motu_language languageFamily Papuan_Tip_languages.
- Motu_language languageFamily Western_Oceanic_languages.
- Motu_language spokenIn Central_Province_(Papua_New_Guinea).
- Motu_language spokenIn Papua_New_Guinea.
- Motu_language wikiPageID "2157333".
- Motu_language wikiPageRevisionID "586864352".
- Motu_language category "Motu language".
- Motu_language date "2008".
- Motu_language ethnicity Motuan_people.
- Motu_language fam Malayo-Polynesian_languages.
- Motu_language fam Oceanic_languages.
- Motu_language fam Papuan_Tip_languages.
- Motu_language fam Western_Oceanic_languages.
- Motu_language fam "Sinagoro–Keapara".
- Motu_language familycolor "Austronesian".
- Motu_language hasPhotoCollection Motu_language.
- Motu_language iso "meu".
- Motu_language name "Motu".
- Motu_language ref "e17".
- Motu_language region Central_Province_(Papua_New_Guinea).
- Motu_language script Latin_script.
- Motu_language script Motu_language.
- Motu_language speakers "39000".
- Motu_language states Papua_New_Guinea.
- Motu_language type "Motu language".
- Motu_language wordnet_type synset-language-noun-1.
- Motu_language subject Category:Languages_of_Central_Province_(Papua_New_Guinea).
- Motu_language subject Category:Papuan_Tip_languages.
- Motu_language type Abstraction100002137.
- Motu_language type Communication100033020.
- Motu_language type Language106282651.
- Motu_language type LanguagesOfCentralProvince(PapuaNewGuinea).
- Motu_language type PapuanTipLanguages.
- Motu_language type Language.
- Motu_language type Language.
- Motu_language type Language.
- Motu_language type InformationEntity.
- Motu_language comment "Motu (sometimes called Pure Motu or True Motu to distinguish it from Hiri Motu) is one of many Central Papuan Tip languages and is spoken by the Motuans, native inhabitants of Papua New Guinea. It is commonly used today in the region, particularly around the capital, Port Moresby.A simplified form of Motu developed as a trade language in the Papuan region, in the southeast of the main island of New Guinea, originally known as Police Motu, and today known as Hiri Motu.".
- Motu_language label "Idioma motu".
- Motu_language label "Język motu".
- Motu_language label "Motu (langue)".
- Motu_language label "Motu language".
- Motu_language label "Моту (язык)".
- Motu_language sameAs Idioma_motu.
- Motu_language sameAs Motu_(hizkuntza).
- Motu_language sameAs Motu_(langue).
- Motu_language sameAs Bahasa_Motu.
- Motu_language sameAs Język_motu.
- Motu_language sameAs m.06r21b.
- Motu_language sameAs Q33516.
- Motu_language sameAs Q33516.
- Motu_language sameAs Motu_language.
- Motu_language wasDerivedFrom Motu_language?oldid=586864352.
- Motu_language isPrimaryTopicOf Motu_language.
- Motu_language name "Motu".