Police Motun.

Brit.

/pəˌliːs ˈməʊtuː/,

/ˌpliːs ˈməʊtuː/, U.S.

/pəˌlis ˈmoʊdu/

Forms: also with lower-case initial in the first element.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: police n., Motu n.²

Etymology: < police n. + Motu n.²This language was first developed by the Motu and their neighbours as a trade language, and adopted as a lingua franca by the government and police of Papua New Guinea in the 1880s.

A simplified form of Motu, used in Papua New Guinea as a lingua franca originally by the British and Australian administrations in Port Moresby.The preferred name is now Hiri Motu.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > languages of the world > pidgins and creoles > [noun] > other spec.

trade language1662

lingua franca1666

Mobilian1840

lingua geral1841

Nago1884

Papiamentu1895

Police Motu1933

Sango1948

Macanese1962

1933 Amer. Anthropologist 35 793 Mr. Williams brushes aside..the suggestion of a lingua franca, like the ‘Police-Motu’, because it could not be worked into a culture-carrying language.

1950 P. Chatterton (title) A primer of Police Motu.

1971 D. Hymes Pidginization & Creolization of Langs. 44 Police Motu is the mother tongue of a number of individuals, mostly children of native constables whose parents have Police Motu as their common tongue.

1974 L. Todd Pidgins & Creoles i. 7 In the Pacific, in PNG, Police Motu arose from the contact between speakers of Motu and other Papuan vernaculars.

1998 Canberra Times (Nexis) 9 Mar. a4 His fluency in police Motu and in pidgin English were of immense value.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	police motu
释义	Police Motun. Brit. /pəˌliːs ˈməʊtuː/, /ˌpliːs ˈməʊtuː/, U.S. /pəˌlis ˈmoʊdu/ Forms: also with lower-case initial in the first element. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: police n., Motu n.² Etymology: < police n. + Motu n.²This language was first developed by the Motu and their neighbours as a trade language, and adopted as a lingua franca by the government and police of Papua New Guinea in the 1880s. A simplified form of Motu, used in Papua New Guinea as a lingua franca originally by the British and Australian administrations in Port Moresby.The preferred name is now Hiri Motu. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > pidgins and creoles > [noun] > other spec. trade language1662 lingua franca1666 Mobilian1840 lingua geral1841 Nago1884 Papiamentu1895 Police Motu1933 Sango1948 Macanese1962 1933 Amer. Anthropologist 35 793 Mr. Williams brushes aside..the suggestion of a lingua franca, like the ‘Police-Motu’, because it could not be worked into a culture-carrying language. 1950 P. Chatterton (title) A primer of Police Motu. 1971 D. Hymes Pidginization & Creolization of Langs. 44 Police Motu is the mother tongue of a number of individuals, mostly children of native constables whose parents have Police Motu as their common tongue. 1974 L. Todd Pidgins & Creoles i. 7 In the Pacific, in PNG, Police Motu arose from the contact between speakers of Motu and other Papuan vernaculars. 1998 Canberra Times (Nexis) 9 Mar. a4 His fluency in police Motu and in pidgin English were of immense value. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1933
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