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Motu

Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea
Class type of: Western Oceanic Q33516

Facts

7 properties
Instance of
language, modern language[3]
Country
Papua New Guinea[2]
Subclass of
Western Oceanic[4]
Ethnologue language status
5 Developing[9]
Indigenous to
Central Province, Port Moresby[7][8]
Number of speakers, writers, or signers
+39000[6]
Writing system
Latin script[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en Motu en Motu language es Idioma motu es Idioma motuano fa زبان موتو fi motun kieli id Bahasa Motu it lingua Motu ja モトゥ語 ko 모투어 pl język motu pt Língua motu ru Моту tr meu zh 莫图语 zh 莫圖語
🔖 Identifiers · 12
ABS ASCL 2011 code
9503
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Motu-language
Ethnologue.com language code
meu
Exact match
publications.europa.eu
FactGrid item ID
Engadiner Theatergeschichte
Freebase ID
/m/06r21b
Glottolog code
motu1246
IETF language tag
meu
ISO 639-3 code
meu
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007548311605171
Topic's main category
Category:Motu language
WALS lect code
mtu

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🔗 Connections
← Language used 3
Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, Central Province
Indigenous to 2
Port Moresby, Central Province
Instance of 2
language, modern language
Country 1
Papua New Guinea
Subclass of 1
Western Oceanic
Subtypes 1
Hiri Motu
Topic's main category 1
Category:Motu language
Writing system 1
Latin script
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Motu language
← Language of work or name 1
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Summary

Motu is a language[1].

Related Entities

Papua New Guinea

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Country → Papua New Guinea
    Instance of → —
    Indigenous to → Central Province, Port Moresby
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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