Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of its capital...
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Motu (sometimes called Pure Motu or True Motu to distinguish it from Hiri Motu) is a Central Papuan Tip language that is spoken by the Motuans, an indigenous...
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Creole and Unserdeutsch. Languages with statutory recognition are Tok Pisin, English, Hiri Motu, and Papua New Guinean Sign Language. Tok Pisin, an English-based...
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The Motu are native inhabitants of Papua New Guinea, living along the southern coastal area of the country. Their indigenous language is also known as...
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Look up Motu or motu in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Motu or MOTU may refer to: Motu (geography), a reef islet formed by broken coral and sand surrounding...
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Papua New Guinea (category Articles containing Hiri Motu-language text)
authorities soon adopted Hiri Motu, a pidgin version of the Motu language that was already in use around Port Moresby. Hiri Motu quickly became established...
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Bandicoot (category Articles containing Motu-language text)
ancestor of the Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages) from related words like Oceanic Motu mada and Fijian gwaca, but the validity of this reconstruction...
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Fowler (or any of its posthumous editions) meu, ISO 639-3 code for the Motu language Middle East University, a Christian university in Lebanon Meu This disambiguation...
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Motu Nui is the largest of the islets located off the southwestern coast of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) and constitutes the westernmost point of Chile. Covering...
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Motu Patlu is an Indian animated sitcom that premiered on Nickelodeon in India on 16 October 2012. This show is available in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam...
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Sarong (category Articles containing Hiri Motu-language text)
lap-lap and it is worn by men and women. In the other lingua franca, Hiri Motu, it is called rami. In Rotuma, it is known as a hạ' fạli. In Samoa it is...
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In law, motu proprio (Latin for 'on his own impulse') describes an official act taken without a formal request from another party. Some jurisdictions use...
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dependencies along with their capital cities, in English and non-English official language(s). In bold: internationally recognized sovereign states The 193 member...
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ISO 639 is a standardized nomenclature used to classify languages. Each language is assigned a two-letter (set 1) and three-letter lowercase abbreviation...
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Short-beaked echidna (category Articles containing Motu-language text)
as the mungwe in the Daribi and Chimbu languages. The short-beaked echidna is called miɣu in the Motu language of Papua New Guinea. Short-beaked echidnas...
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LGBTQ rights in Papua New Guinea (category Articles containing Motu-language text)
kwolu-aatmwol (literally male thing transforming into female thing). In Motu, the word gelegele refers to a gay man. Male same-sex sexual activity is...
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Islands: Marshallese Language Training Manual (PDF), pg. 22. Accessed August 27, 2007. Percy Chatterton, (1975). Say It In Motu: An instant introduction...
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International Airport, in Hermosillo, Mexico ISO 639 code for Hiri Motu language, an official language of Papua New Guinea Hermanus Magnetic Observatory, the former...
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Melanesians (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
languages. There are several creoles of the region, such as Tok Pisin, Hiri Motu, Solomon Islands Pijin, Bislama, and Papuan Malay. The origin of Melanesians...
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List of ISO 639-2 codes (category Articles containing Hiri Motu-language text)
ISO 639 is a set of international standards that lists short codes for language names. The following is a complete list of three-letter codes defined in...
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Karakoa (category Articles containing Motu-language text)
karakuhan, Malay kolek, Acehnese kolay, Maluku kora kora, Banda kolekole, Motu kora, and the Marshallese korkor. Thus it is more likely that it is a true...
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Motu Patlu: King of Kings is a 2016 Indian animated action thriller film directed by Suhas D. Kadav and produced by Ketan Mehta. The film was inspired...
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or that have status as a national language, regional language, or minority language. Official language A language designated as having a unique legal...
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Bora Bora (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
(162 mi) northwest of Papeete, Tahiti. It also has around it several motus (Motu is a Tahitian word meaning "small islands"), which are small elongated...
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Lakshmi Shankar Yadav (category CS1 Hiri Motu-language sources (ho))
October 2021. "विराट व्यक्तित्व के धनी थे स्व. लक्ष्मी शंकर यादव" (in Hiri Motu). Dainik Jagran. 29 October 2020. Derh Biswa Zameen. Prabhat Prakashan. 24...
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westward, following the south-east trade wind called the laurabada in the Motu language. Obeying the spirit, he built the first hiri lagatoi, named it Bogebada...
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Niuean lived in New Zealand. Niuean consists of two main dialects, the older Motu dialect from the north of the island and the Tafiti dialect of the south...
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Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle ("hum-vee"; "hummer") hmo – (s) Hiri Motu language (ISO 639-2 code) HMO – (i) Health maintenance organization HMO – (i)...
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languages show strong similarity, particularly cognate words in their vocabulary; this includes culturally important words such as tapu, ariki, motu,...
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multiple-hulled sailing watercraft of Papua New Guinea. They are named in the Motu language and traditionally used in the Hiri trade cycle. Lakatoi (whose literal...
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