| Mountain Koiari | |
|---|---|
| Region | Oro Province,Papua New Guinea |
| Ethnicity | Koiari people |
Native speakers | (Mountain Koiari: 4,000? cited 2000 census)[1] Biage: 1,100 |
Trans–New Guinea
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:kpx – Mountain Koialibdf – Biage |
| Glottolog | moun1252 Mountain Koiali |
Mountain Koiari (Koiali) is a language ofOro Province andCentral 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.
It is spoken in Barai, Efogi (9°09′22″S147°39′56″E / 9.156234°S 147.665661°E /-9.156234; 147.665661 (Efogi No. 1)), and Koiari villages ofKoiari Rural LLG, as well as inHiri Rural LLG.[2][3]
| Labial | Alveolar | Velar | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | b | t d | k ɡ |
| Fricative | ɸ | s | x |
| Nasal | m | n | |
| Approximant | l |
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Low | a |
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