Bahasa Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, (juga dikenal sebagai Police Motu[1] atau Pidgin Motu) adalah bahasa resmi di Papua Nugini selain bahasa Inggris dan Tok Pisin.[2] Hiri Motu merupakan versi sederhana dari bahasa Motu. Perbedaan fonologi dan tata bahasa membuat penutur bahasa Hiri Motu tidak bisa mengerti bahasa Motu, meskipun keduanya sangat mirip.
| Hiri Motu | |
|---|---|
| Dituturkan di |
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| Wilayah | Papua Nugini |
Penutur bahasa | 120.000 (penggunaan berkurang sejak 1965) (tidak tercantum tanggal) |
Austronesia
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| Status resmi | |
Bahasa resmi di | Papua Nugini |
| Kode bahasa | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
Referensi
- "Forum Biodiversity". Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2014-09-10. Diakses tanggal 2014-04-22.
- In fact specific legislation proclaiming official languages in Papua New Guinea seems not to exist - but see Constitution of Papua New Guinea: Preamble – Section 2/11 (literacy) – where Hiri Motu is mentioned (with Tok Pisin and English) as languages in which universal literacy is sought - and also section 67 2(c) (and 68 2(h), where conversational ability in Hiri Motu is mentioned (with Tok Pisin or “a vernacular of the country”) as a requirement for citizenship by nationalisation (one of these languages required)
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