Mountain Koiali language

Koiarian language spoken in Papua New Guinea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mountain Koiari (Koiali) is a language of Oro Province and Central Province, Papua New Guinea. It is not very similar to the other language which shares its name, Grass Koiari. Half of its speakers are monolingual.

EthnicityKoiari people
Native speakers
(Mountain Koiari: 4,000? cited 2000 census)[1]
Biage: 1,100
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Mountain Koiari
RegionOro Province, Papua New Guinea
EthnicityKoiari people
Native speakers
(Mountain Koiari: 4,000? cited 2000 census)[1]
Biage: 1,100
Trans–New Guinea
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
kpx  Mountain Koiali
bdf  Biage
Glottologmoun1252  Mountain Koiali
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It is spoken in Barai, Efogi (9.156234°S 147.665661°E / -9.156234; 147.665661 (Efogi No. 1)), and Koiari villages of Koiari Rural LLG, as well as in Hiri Rural LLG.[2][3]

Phonology

Consonants

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  • /ɸ, x/ can be voiced as [β, ɣ] in word-medial position.
  • /t, l/ can be lenited as [ɾ, z] in word-medial position.[4]

Vowels

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