Hoia Hoia language
| Hoia Hoia | |
|---|---|
| Ukusi-Koparami | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Western Province |
Native speakers | (80 cited 2000)[1][2] |
Trans–New Guinea
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | hhi |
| Glottolog | hoia1236 |
Hoia Hoia (Ukusi-Koparami)[3] is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. It is close to Minanibai (Foia Foia) and Hoyahoya. It is spoken in Ukusi-Koparamio village (7°48′47″S 143°40′57″E / 7.812986°S 143.682495°E; 7°49′51″S 143°44′27″E / 7.830844°S 143.740897°E) of Bamu Rural LLG in Western Province, Papua New Guinea.[4][5] It shares its name with the closely related Hoyahoya language. The only documentation of Hoia Hoia is a wordlist in Carr (1991).[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ Palmer, Bill, ed. (2018). The languages and linguistics of the New Guinea area: a comprehensive guide. The world of linguistics. Berlin ; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
- ↑ Usher, Timothy; Suter, Edgar (2015). "The Anim Languages of Southern New Guinea". Oceanic Linguistics. 54 (1): 110–142. ISSN 0029-8115.
- ↑ "Glottolog 5.3 - Hoia Hoia-Ukusi-Koperami". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2026-04-09.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
- ↑ Carr, Philip J. 1991 Foyafoya (Bibisa, W.P. at Kamusi), Hoyahoya (Matakaia, W.P. at Gagoro), Hoyahoya/Hoiahoia (Ukusi-Koperami, W.P. two young men visiting Torobina). Manuscript.
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