• 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...
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    English, Hiri Motu, and Papua New Guinean Sign Language. Tok Pisin, an English-based creole, is the most widely spoken, serving as the country's lingua franca...
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    the main lingua franca in all Papua New Guinean towns, in part of the southern mainland coastal area centred on Central Province, Hiri Motu is a stronger...
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  • English). Over the decades, Tok Pisin has increasingly overtaken Hiri Motu as the dominant lingua franca among town-dwellers. Perhaps one million people now...
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  • pun Camfranglais (Cameroon) Creole language Engrish Hiri Motu International auxiliary language Lingua franca Macaronic language Mixed language Spanglish...
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    of Papua New Guinea. New Guinea portal List of colonial heads of Papua Hiri Motu History of Papua New Guinea History of Queensland History of Australia...
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    the Police Motu pidgin arose. The language was widely used not just by police but also by colonial administrators. It was renamed Hiri Motu in the 1970s...
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    religious beliefs 0.7% Buddhist 0.15% Tok Pisin (official) English (official) Hiri Motu (official) Total population: 64.2% Male: 65.6% Female: 62.8% Papua New...
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    Papua New Guinea (category Articles containing Hiri Motu-language text)
    Hiri Motu or English' as well as "tok ples" and "ita eda tano gado." In addition, section 67 (2)(c) mentions "speak and understand Pisin or Hiri Motu...
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    Sarong (category Articles containing Hiri Motu-language text)
    term is 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...
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