ISO 639-3 · meumeu
Austronesian family
Motu
Motu is a language of the Western Oceanic branch (Austronesian), spoken in Papua New Guinea. Wikidata counts about 39,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
meu- Glottocode
motu1246- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 23 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
7levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Motu |
|---|---|
| Also called | Motu language |
| All speakers | 39,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Motu
The branches above Motu, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Papua New Guinea
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationaltpiTok Pisinunclassified · 4.1 m1 · NationalenqEngaTrans–New Guinea · 230,0005 · DevelopingksdTolaiAustronesian · 81,0003 · Wider CommunicationazrAdzeraAustronesian · 30,0004 · EducationalsnpSianeunclassified · 29,0005 · DevelopingagdAgarabiunclassified · 27,0006a · VigorousgahAlekanoTrans–New Guinea · 25,0007 · ShiftingygrYagariaTrans–New Guinea · 21,0005 · DevelopingmekMekeoAustronesian · 19,0005 · Developing