| Takia | |
| States: | Papua New Guinea |
| Region: | Madang Province |
| Speakers: | 40,000 |
| Date: | no date |
| Ref: | e16 |
| Familycolor: | Austronesian |
| Fam2: | Malayo-Polynesian |
| Fam3: | Oceanic |
| Fam4: | Western Oceanic |
| Fam5: | North New Guinea ? |
| Fam6: | Ngero–Vitiaz |
| Fam7: | Bel |
| Fam8: | Nuclear Bel |
| Fam9: | Northern |
| Iso3: | tbc |
| Glotto: | taki1248 |
| Glottorefname: | Takia |
Takia is an Austronesian language spoken on Karkar Island, Bagabag Island, and coastal villages Megiar and Serang, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. It has been syntactically restructured by Waskia, a Papuan language spoken on the island.
Children are discouraged from using Takia, and it is being supplanted by Tok Pisin and English.
| Plosive | pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |
| Fricative | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||
| Rhotic | pronounced as /ink/ | |||
| Lateral | pronounced as /ink/ | |||
| Glide | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ |
| High | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||
| Low | pronounced as /ink/ |