Hoia Hoia language

Hoia Hoia
Hoyahoya
Region Western Province, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers
 180 (2000 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
hhi – Ukusi-Koparamio Hoia Hoia
hhy – Matakaia Hoia Hoia
Glottolog hoia1235  Hoia Hoia[2]
hoya1235  Hoyahoya[3]

Hoia Hoia (Hoyahoya) is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. It is close to Minanibai. The two varieties, Ukusi-Koparamio Hoia Hoia ("Hoia Hoia" in Ethnologue 17) and Matakaia Hoia Hoia ("Hoyahoya" in Ethnologue 17), are quite distinct, though significantly closer to each other than to other Inland Gulf languages.

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Velar Uvular Glottal
Stop p b t d k g
Nasal m n
Fricative s <sh> ʁ h
Approximant l

Vowels

Front
i u
e o
ɑ ɑ̙ <a>

References

  1. ↑ Ukusi-Koparamio Hoia Hoia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Matakaia Hoia Hoia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Hoia Hoia". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Hoyahoya". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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