Taku
Taku, recte Takū et Takuu, male Takuʻu, olim Mortlock Insulae, est parvum remotumque atollum ante orientalem Bougainville Insulae oram in Papua Nova Guinea.
GeographiaRecensere
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.
Insulae atolli sunt humillimae, non plus quam duo metra super aestum altum.
Homines et CulturaRecensere
Numerus habitantium est fere 600 homines, de Polynesia orti. Cultura Takuana est una ex disiunctis Polynesiae Occidentalis culturis, quae extra Triangulum Polynesium sitae sunt.
LinguaRecensere
Insulani lingua Polynesia utuntur.
| Takuana | Samoana | Tokelauana | Rarotongana | Maoriana | Havaiana | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| caelum | /ɾani/ | /laŋi/ | /ɾaŋi/ | /ɾaŋi/ | /lani/ | |
| Caurus | /tokoɾau/ | /toʔelau/ | /tokelau/ | /tokeɾau/ | /tokeɾau/ | /koʔolau/ |
| mulier | /ffine/ | /fafine/ | /fafine/ | /vaʔine/ | /wahine/ | /wahine/ |
| domus | /faɾe/ | /fale/ | /fale/ | /ʔaɾe/ | /ɸaɾe/ | /hale/ |
| parens | /ma:tua/ | /matua/ | /metua/ | /matua/ | /makua/ | |
| mater | /tinna/, /tinna:/ | /tina:/ | /ma:tua/ | /ma:ma:/ | /ɸaea/ | /makuahine/ |
| pater | /tama/, /tamana/ | /tama:/ | /tama/, /tamana/ | /metua/, /pa:pa:/ | /matua/, /pa:pa:/ | /makua ka:ne/ |
OeconomiaRecensere
Insulani agriculturae piscatuique confidunt.
Nexus externiRecensere
- Before the flood Ingenio (magazina), University of Auckland (pdf file)
- Mortlock Islands De duobus insularum circulis "Mortlock Islands" appellatis
- Locals face starvation as their Island home sinks CNN.com/World
- Musical Memory of Takuu Royal Society of New Zealand, Marsden Fund Newsletter
- PNG island sinking World Today archives, ABC Online (Australia)
- Takuu Islands Association Societas pro insulis conservatis
- Takuu's tragedy unfolding Islands Business
FontesRecensere
- Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database pro Taku et aliis linguis.
- Wane, Joanna. 2005. "Before the Flood." Ingenio et Labore: Magazine of the University of Auckland Spring:10, 12. URL: www.ingenio.auckland.ac.nz, inventus 30 Iulii 2005.
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