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| (documentation HiriMotuLanguage EnglishLanguage "The HiriMotuLanguage is a MotuBasedPidginLanguage of PapuaNewGuinea. SIL code: POM. ISO 639-1: ho. ISO 639-2: hmo. Population: Interethnic second language speakers: 120,000 (1989 J. Holm). Very few mother tongue speakers (T. Dutton 1992). Region: Central Province, in and around Port Moresby area, also throughout Oro, Central, Gulf, and part of Milne Bay provinces, some in Western Province. Alternate names: POLICE MOTU, PIDGIN MOTU, HIRI. Dialects: AUSTRONESIAN HIRI MOTU, PAPUAN HIRI MOTU. Comments: Linguistically a pidginization of True Motu. Also influenced by English, Tok Pisin, and Polynesian languages. Speakers of Hiri Motu cannot understand Motu. There are phonological and grammatical differences. 90% lexical similarity with Motu. Papuan Hiri Motu is more widespread and considered as the standard. Official language. Dictionary. Literacy rate in first language: Less than 5%. Bible 1994.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") | Languages.kif 3652-3664 | |
| (instance HiriMotuLanguage MotuBasedPidginLanguage) | Languages.kif 3651-3651 | Hiri motu language is an instance of motu based pidgin language |
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| (termFormat ChineseLanguage HiriMotuLanguage "hiri motu 语言") | domainEnglishFormat.kif 28279-28279 | |
| (termFormat ChineseTraditionalLanguage HiriMotuLanguage "hiri motu 語言") | domainEnglishFormat.kif 28278-28278 | |
| (termFormat EnglishLanguage HiriMotuLanguage "hiri motu language") | domainEnglishFormat.kif 28277-28277 |
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| (codeMapping ISO-639-1 "ho" HiriMotuLanguage) | Languages.kif 14775-14775 | "ho" in ISO-639-1 denotes hiri motu language |
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