Heyo language

Heyo
Arinua
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Sandaun Province
Native speakers
 2,700  (2000 census)[1]
Torricelli

  • Maimai

    • Maimai proper
      • Yahang–Heyo
        • Heyo
Language codes
ISO 639-3 auk
Glottolog heyo1240[2]

Heyo AKA Arinua (Arinwa, Arima) is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. It is also known as Lolopani and Ruruhip; this last it shares with Yahang, which is closely related.

References

  1. ↑ Heyo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Heyo". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.