Mountain Koiali language

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Mountain Koiari
Region Oro Province, Papua New Guinea
Ethnicity Koiari people
Native speakers
Mountain Koiari: 4,000? (2000 census) [1]
Biage: 1,100
Trans–New Guinea
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
kpx  – Mountain Koiali
bdf  – Biage
Glottolog moun1252   Mountain Koiali

Mountain Koiari (Koiali) is a language of Oro Province and Central Province, Papua New Guinea. It is not very similar to the other language which shares its name, Grass Koiari. Half of its speakers are monolingual.

It is spoken in Barai, Efogi ( 9°09′22″S147°39′56″E / 9.156234°S 147.665661°E / -9.156234; 147.665661 (Efogi No. 1) ), and Koiari villages of Koiari Rural LLG, as well as in Hiri Rural LLG. [2] [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Mountain Koiali at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
    Biage at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  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.


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