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Atollum consistit in fere tredecim insulis minimis ad orientem et una inter septentriones et occasum solis spectanti. Taku Insula ipsa est australissima maximaque ex insulis in latere atolli oriens; plurimi autem insulani in [[Nukutoa]], parva insula vicina, habitant.

 

 

Taku lies about 250 km to the northeast of Kieta, capital of Bougainville, at the intersection of two shifting [[tectonic plate]]s, which are causing the atoll to sink. Its position is {{coord|4|45|S|157|2|E|}}. -->

Insulae atolli sunt humillimae, non plus quam duo metra super aestum altum.<!-- Their existence is under threat from two causes: first, because the tectonic plate on which the atoll sits is sinking; second, because the rise in sea level due to [[global warming]]. The combinations of these causes makes local sea levels rise at a rate alleged (by whom?) to be 20 centimeters per year. In 2005, Richard M. Moyle, a lecturer at Auckland University, wrongly predicted that the sea's advance would extinguish the atoll's ability to sustain life within three years (i.e., by 2008): "A couple of years ago, I would have said five. Takuu families living elsewhere in Papua New Guinea will take in as many as they can, but with no single resettlement location, I can't see Takuu continuing to function as a community" (Wane 2005:10).-->

 

Numerus habitantium est fere 600 homines, de [[Polynesia]] orti. Cultura Takuana est una ex [[Disiunctae Polynesiae Occidentalis insulae|disiunctis Polynesiae Occidentalis culturis]], quae extra [[Triangulum Polynesium]] sitae sunt. <!--

 

Traditional life continues on Takuu. Traditional thatched houses stand in crowded rows, so close to each other that the eaves touch. There are no trees on the island, apart from coconut palms. The main street serves as a marae (a space for ritual ceremonies). Music remains a fundamental part of local life; many surviving indigenous songs and stories tell of voyages among the islands, and "dance performances fill 20 or 30 hours a week" (Wane 2005). Many songs celebrate successful relationships, whether relationships that link extended families together in productive activity, or relationships that bind people with their ancestors in times of need.-->

 

Insulani lingua Polynesia utuntur. <!-- Recently proposed reclassifications of the Polynesian languages place Takuu in the Ellicean outlier branch of Polynesian along with [[Tuvaluan]], [[Nukuoro]], [[Kapingamarangi]], Nukuria, Nukumanu, Luangiua, Sikaiana and [[Pileni]]. These languages, spoken in various Polynesian outlier cultures, constitute a subgroup of the Ellicean languages; the Samoic languages (Samoan and Tokelauan) are the other subgroup of Ellicean. Earler classifications place all these languages under the subgroup Samoic Outlier. See [[Polynesian languages]].-->

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Insulani agriculturae piscatuique confidunt. <!-- In recent years, the cultivation of food plants has grown steadily more difficult as the fresh water table becomes contaminated by sea water. Sea levels rising at a rate of 20cm a year have savagely eroded the coastline, threatening its fragile ecosystem and contaminating traditional taro gardens with salt water. The highest point is now a mere metre above the high-tide mark and soon there will be no safe place to store canoes used for fishing, the cornerstone of the islanders' simple diet. As a result the returns from cultivation are diminishing and the people have been forced to appeal to the outside world for assistance. Facing starvation from rising sea-levels and low food supplies, residents of the tiny Pacific island of Takuu are calling on Papua New Guinea for assistance. In 2001, the inhabitants faced a time of great deprivation and hunger when the ''Atoll Queen'', the only supply ship that regularly visits the islands, was laid up for six months for repairs.

In early [[2006]], a cyclone devastated the islands and added to their already compromised situation. The odds seem to be stacked against the survival of Takuu. The islands have no viable industry and therefore no source of income, and given its economic invisibility, the plight of Takuu has been all but ignored by the international community. A plan to construct a sea wall to guard against the relentless tide were abandoned due to lack of money (Wane 2005:12). -->

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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