| Takia | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Madang Province |
Native speakers | (undated figure of 40,000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tbc |
| Glottolog | taki1248 |
Takia is anAustronesian language spoken onKarkar Island, Bagabag Island, and coastal villages Megiar and Serang,Madang Province,Papua New Guinea. It has beensyntactically restructured byWaskia, aPapuan language spoken on the island.
Children are discouraged from using Takia, and it is being supplanted byTok Pisin and English.[citation needed]
| Labial | Alveolar | Velar | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | td | kg |
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ |
| Fricative | f | s | |
| Rhotic | r | ||
| Lateral | l | ||
| Glide | w | j |
Voiced stops can be optionally prenasalised word initially as[ᵐb,ⁿd,ᵑɡ] in some dialects.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Low | a |
/a/ is heard as[æ] before a consonant preceding/i/. The sequence/ae/ is pronounced word-initially and word-medially as[æː].[2]
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