Koiari, Grass

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A language of Papua New Guinea

Alternate Names

Koiari

User Population

1,700 (Wurm 2000). 170 monolinguals.

Central province: east of Port Moresby to coast, Sinnuma reservoir area; National Capital District, eastern portion.

Language Maps

Papua New Guinea, Map 16

Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Trans-New Guinea, Southeast Papuan, Koiarian, Koiaric

Hogeri, Lahada, Omani. Lexical similarity: 60%–65% with Koita [kqi] (most similar).

Potentially endangered (2000 S. Wurm). Youth shifting to Tok Pisin [tpi] (Wurm 2007). Also use English [eng] (Dutton 2003). Also use Hiri Motu [hmo] (Dutton 2003). Also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Dutton 2003).

Language Development

Dictionary. Texts.

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about Koiari, Grass

Latin script [Latn], developed in 2001.