Hoia Hoia language

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Hoia Hoia
Hoyahoya
Region Western Province, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers
180 (2000 census) [1]
Trans–New Guinea
Dialects
  • Ukusi-Koparamio Hoia Hoia
  • Matakaia Hoia Hoia
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
hhi   Ukusi-Koparamio Hoia Hoia
hhy   Matakaia Hoia Hoia
Glottolog hoya1236  Hoyaic

Hoia Hoia (Hoyahoya) is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. It is close to Minanibai. The two varieties, Ukusi-Koparamio Hoia Hoia ("Hoia Hoia" in Ethnologue 17) and Matakaia Hoia Hoia ("Hoyahoya" in Ethnologue 17), are distinct languages, though significantly closer to each other than to other Inland Gulf languages.

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The varieties are spoken in Ukusi-Koparamio ( 7°48′47″S143°40′57″E / 7.812986°S 143.682495°E / -7.812986; 143.682495 (Ukusi) ; 7°49′51″S143°44′27″E / 7.830844°S 143.740897°E / -7.830844; 143.740897 (Koperamio) ) and Matakaia ( 7°50′45″S143°14′49″E / 7.845775°S 143.246807°E / -7.845775; 143.246807 (Gagoro - Matakaia) ) villages of Bamu Rural LLG in Western Province, Papua New Guinea, respectively. [2] [3]

Word lists of Hoia Hoia dialects have been collected by Carr (1991). [4]

Phonology

Consonants

LabialAlveolarVelarUvularGlottal
Stopp bt dk g
Nasalmn
Fricatives <sh>ʁh
Approximantl

Vowels

FrontBack
Highiu
Mideo
Lowɑ ɑ̙ <a>

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References

  1. Ukusi-Koparamio Hoia Hoia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Matakaia Hoia Hoia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. 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.
  3. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
  4. Carr, Philip J. 1991 Foyafoya (Bibisa, W.P. at Kamusi), Hoyahoya (Matakaia, W.P. at Gagoro), Hoyahoya/Hoiahoia (Ukusi-Koperami, W.P. two young men visiting Torobina). Manuscript.