Yagwoia (Yeghuye), orKokwaiyakwa, is anAngan language ofPapua New Guinea. Dialects are named after the five ethnicities,Iwalaqamalje, Hiqwaye, Hiqwase, Gwase, Heqwangilye (Yeqwangilje dialect).

Yagwoia is spoken in:^[1]

• Eastern Highlands Province: Iqwalaqamalje
• Gulf Province: Gwase
• Morobe Province: Hiqwase, Hiqwaye, and Yeqwangilje

• /p t k/ tend to become voiced [b d g] in clusters with nasals or /l/.
• /m n ŋ l/ can be syllabic.
• /s/ is in free variation with [z]. Older speakers tend to pronounce it as [ts~dz].
• /t/ can often be heard as [r].

• /ɨ/ is rare.

Additionally, the following diphthongs have been observed: /ei/, /ai/, /ae/, /au/, /ou/.

Yagwoia is tonal, distinguishing high and low tone. However, tone has a low functional load, and so remains unwritten.^[2]

• Paradisec have an open access collection ofYagwoia recordings. They also have a collection ofJadran Mimicarecordings that contain some Yagwoia.

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