Takuu ( Mortlock, Taku, Takuu, Tau, Tauu ) is a Polynesian language that belongs to the Elysian group, which is spoken in the village of Mortlock at Takuu Atoll (northeast of Bougainville Island) in the Atolls district of Bougainville province in Papua New Guinea. Takuu also differs from the languages Nukumanu, Nukuria, Ontong Java and Sikayan, which are spoken in the Solomon Islands.
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| Country | Papua New Guinea |
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| Regions | Bougainville |
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| Total number of speakers | 1750 (2003) |
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- Austronesian languages
- Malay Polynesian
- Oceanic languages
- Polynesian languages
- Alice languages
- Takuu
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| Writing | Latin |
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| ISO 639-1 | - |
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| ISO 639-2 | - |
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| ISO 639-3 | nho |
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| Takuu | Samoan | Tokelau | Cook | Maori | Hawaiian |
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| sky | / ɾani / | / laŋi / | | / ɾaŋi / | / ɾaŋi / | / lani / |
| North wind | / tokoɾau / | / toʔelau / | / tokelau / | / tokeɾau / | / tokeɾau / | / koʔolau / |
| woman | / ffine / | / fafine / | / fafine / | / vaʔine / | / wahine / | / wahine / |
| horse | / faɾe / | / fale / | / fale / | / ʔaɾe / | / ɸaɾe / | / hale / |
| parent | / maːtua / | / matua / | | / metua / | / matua / | / makua / |
| Mama | / tinna /, / tinnaː / | / tinaː / | / maːtua / | / maːmaː / | / ɸaea / | / makuahine / |
| father | / tama /, / tamana / | / tamaː / | / tama /, / tamana / | / metua /, / paːpaː / | / matua /, / paːpaː / | / makua kaːne / |