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...

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 Port Moresby...

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...

Creole and Unserdeutsch. Languages with statutory recognition are Tok Pisin, English, Hiri Motu, and Papua New Guinean Sign Language. Tok Pisin, an English-based...

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...

Motu Nui (large island in the Rapa Nui language) is the largest of three islets just south of Easter Island and is the westernmost place in Chile. All...

Motu Patlu is an Indian animated sitcom that premiered on Nickelodeon in India on 16 October 2012. This show is available in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam...

Tok Pisin, Hiri Motu, and, since 2015, sign language (which in practice means Papua New Guinean Sign Language). English is the language of government and...

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...

ancestor of the Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages) from related words like Oceanic Motu mada and Fijian gwaca, but the validity of this reconstruction...

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...

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...

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...

dependencies along with their capital cities, in English and non-English official language(s). In bold: internationally recognized sovereign states The 193 member...

Motu Patlu: King of Kings is a 2016 Indian animated adventure Action Drama and Thriller comedy film directed by Suhas D. Kadav and produced by Ketan Mehta...

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...

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...

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...

wedding". 2005 POPPE, Nicholas (1969). "Review of Menges "The Turkic Languages and Peoples"". Central Asiatic Journal. 12 (4): 330. Mänchen-Helfen, Otto...

occur as an allophone of /ɸ/, or as a result of borrowed words from Dobu, Motu or English. /v/ can be weakened as [ʋ] in all environments, in free variation...

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...

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...

International Airport, in Hermosillo, Mexico ISO 639 code for Hiri Motu language, an official language of Papua New Guinea Hermanus Magnetic Observatory, the former...

(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...

ISO 639 is a standardized nomenclature used to classify languages. Each language is assigned a two-letter (set 1) and three-letter lowercase abbreviation...

RPNGC is known for the historic use of Police Motu, a lingua franca pidgin variant of the Motu language. During the colonial period, personnel needed...

overtaken Hiri Motu as the dominant lingua franca among town-dwellers. Perhaps one million people now use Tok Pisin as a primary language. Tok Pisin is...

Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle ("hum-vee"; "hummer") hmo – (s) Hiri Motu language (ISO 639-2 code) HMO – (i) Health maintenance organization HMO – (i)...

Motu Iti, or Little island in the Rapa Nui language, is a small uninhabited islet near Motu Nui, about a mile from Rano Kau on the south western corner...

or that have status as a national language, regional language, or minority language. Official language A language designated as having a unique legal...