Koiali, Mountain

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
kpx
Alternate Names
Mountain Koiari
User Population

4,000 (2000 census). 2,000 monolinguals.

Location

Central province: Kairuku-Hiri district, Hiri RLLG; National Capital District, Barai, and Efogi, and Koiari villages north of Koita.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification
Trans-New Guinea, Southeast Papuan, Koiarian, Koiaric
Dialects

None known. Lexical similarity: 50%–57% with Grass Koiari [kbk] (most similar).

Typology

SOV.

Language Use

Also use Hiri Motu [hmo].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Grammar. NT: 1981.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Koiali, Mountain
Writing

Latin script [Latn].