Mountain Koiali language
Mountain Koiari (Koiali) is a language of Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. It is not very close to the other language which shares its name, Grass Koiari. Half of speakers are monolingual.
| Mountain Koiari | |
|---|---|
| Region | Oro Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Ethnicity | Koiari people |
Native speakers | 4,000 (2000 census)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:kpx – Mountain Koialibdf – Biage |
| Glottolog | moun1252 Mountain Koiali |
It is spoken in Barai, Efogi (9.156234°S 147.665661°E), and Koiari villages of Koiari Rural LLG, as well as in Hiri Rural LLG.[2][3]
References
- Mountain Koiali at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005)
Biage at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005) - Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
- United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
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