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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.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 ⠿.Template:Unreliable source?".
- 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 wikiPageLength "4561".
- Motu_language wikiPageOutDegree "42".
- Motu_language wikiPageRevisionID "683355599".
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink Alveolar_lateral_flap.
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink Braille.
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink Canberra.
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink Category:Languages_of_Central_Province_(Papua_New_Guinea).
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink Category:Papuan_Tip_languages.
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink Central_Papuan_Tip_languages.
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink Central_Province_(Papua_New_Guinea).
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink Diphthong.
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink Diphthongs.
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink English_language.
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink Grade_1_braille.
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink Hiri_Motu.
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink Hiri_Motu_language.
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink International_uniformity_of_braille_alphabets.
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink Italian_language.
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink Languages_of_Papua_New_Guinea.
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink Latin_script.
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink Malayo-Polynesian_languages.
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink Micronesian_languages.
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink Monophthong.
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink Motu_Braille.
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink Motu_language.
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink Motuan_people.
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink New_Guinea.
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink New_South_Wales.
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink Oceanic_languages.
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink Papua_New_Guinea.
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink Papuan_Tip_languages.
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink Phoneme.
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink Polynesian_languages.
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink Port_Moresby.
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink SIL_International.
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink Summer_Institute_of_Linguistics.
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink Sydney.
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink Sydney,_New_South_Wales.
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink Tok_Pisin.
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink Voiced_velar_fricative.
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLink Western_Oceanic_languages.
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLinkText "Motu (language)".
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLinkText "Motu language".
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLinkText "Motu language#Braille".
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLinkText "Motu".
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLinkText "Motu/Pigin".
- Motu_language wikiPageWikiLinkText "Motuan".
- Motu_language category "Motu language".
- Motu_language date "2008".
- Motu_language ethnicity Motuan_people.
- Motu_language fam Central_Papuan_Tip_languages.
- 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 glotto "motu1246".
- Motu_language glottorefname "Motu".
- Motu_language hasPhotoCollection Motu_language.
- Motu_language iso "meu".
- Motu_language name "Motu".
- Motu_language ref "e18".
- Motu_language region Central_Province_(Papua_New_Guinea).
- Motu_language script Latin_script.
- Motu_language script Motu_Braille.
- Motu_language script Motu_language.
- Motu_language speakers "39000".
- Motu_language states Papua_New_Guinea.
- Motu_language type "Motu language".
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- Motu_language subject Category:Languages_of_Central_Province_(Papua_New_Guinea).
- Motu_language subject Category:Papuan_Tip_languages.
- Motu_language hypernym Languages.
- Motu_language type Language.
- Motu_language type Language.
- Motu_language type Language.
- Motu_language type Thing.
- Motu_language type Q315.
- Motu_language type Q34770.