Hoia Hoia language

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.

Hoia Hoia
Hoyahoya
RegionWestern Province, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers
180 (2000 census)[1]
Trans–New Guinea
Dialects
  • Ukusi-Koparamio Hoia Hoia
  • Matakaia Hoia Hoia
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
hhi – Ukusi-Koparamio Hoia Hoia
hhy – Matakaia Hoia Hoia
Glottologhoya1236  Hoyaic[2]

The varieties are spoken in Ukusi-Koparamio (7.812986°S 143.682495°E / -7.812986; 143.682495 (Ukusi); 7.830844°S 143.740897°E / -7.830844; 143.740897 (Koperamio)) and Matakaia (7.845775°S 143.246807°E / -7.845775; 143.246807 (Gagoro - Matakaia)) villages of Bamu Rural LLG in Western Province, Papua New Guinea, respectively.[3][4]

Phonology

Consonants
Labial Alveolar Velar Uvular Glottal
Stop p b t d k g
Nasal m n
Fricative s <sh> ʁ h
Approximant l

Vowels
Front Back
High i u
Mid e o
Low ɑ ɑ̙ <a>
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gollark: 2. that's horrendously insecure
gollark: 1. that involves no webserver or SQL database
gollark: Sorry if I have trouble understanding you, because you're making little sense.
gollark: It was implied by your statement `i said ender modems were not an option so u ddnt point me to cc:t`.

References
  1. Ukusi-Koparamio Hoia Hoia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Matakaia Hoia Hoia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Hoyaic". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. 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.
  4. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.


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