Koiali, Mountain

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639: kpx
Alternate Names: Mountain Koiari
Population: 4,000 (2000 census). 2,000 monolinguals.
Location:: Central province: Kairuku-Hiri district, Hiri RLLG; National Capital District, Barai, and Efogi, and Koiari villages north of Koita.
Language Status: 5* (Developing).
Classification: Trans-New Guinea, Southeast Papuan, Koiarian, Koiaric
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 50%–57% with Grass Koiari [kbk] (most similar).
Typology: SOV.
Language Use: Also use Hiri Motu [hmo].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. NT: 1981.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Koiali, Mountain
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Central province: Kairuku-Hiri district, Hiri RLLG; National Capital District, Barai, and Efogi, and Koiari villages north of Koita.