Oya'oya language

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Oya'oya
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Milne Bay Province
Native speakers
380 (2005) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 oyy
Glottolog oyao1237

Oya'oya is an Oceanic dialect cluster spoken at the tip of the Papuan Peninsula in Papua New Guinea.

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References

  1. Oya'oya at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg