Hoia Hoia
Hoyahoya
RegionWestern Province, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers
180 (2000 census)[1]
Trans–New Guinea
Dialects
  • Ukusi-Koparamio Hoia Hoia
  • Matakaia Hoia Hoia
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
hhi – Ukusi-Koparamio Hoia Hoia
hhy – Matakaia Hoia Hoia
Glottologhoya1236  Hoyaic

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 distinct languages, though significantly closer to each other than to other Inland Gulf languages.

The varieties are spoken in Ukusi-Koparamio (7°48′47″S 143°40′57″E / 7.812986°S 143.682495°E / -7.812986; 143.682495 (Ukusi); 7°49′51″S 143°44′27″E / 7.830844°S 143.740897°E / -7.830844; 143.740897 (Koperamio)) and Matakaia (7°50′45″S 143°14′49″E / 7.845775°S 143.246807°E / -7.845775; 143.246807 (Gagoro - Matakaia)) villages of Bamu Rural LLG in Western Province, Papua New Guinea, respectively.[2][3]

Word lists of Hoia Hoia dialects have been collected by Carr (1991).[4]

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 Back
High i u
Mid e o
Low ɑ ɑ̙ <a>

References

  1. ↑ Ukusi-Koparamio Hoia Hoia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Matakaia Hoia Hoia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
  3. ↑ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
  4. ↑ Carr, Philip J. 1991 Foyafoya (Bibisa, W.P. at Kamusi), Hoyahoya (Matakaia, W.P. at Gagoro), Hoyahoya/Hoiahoia (Ukusi-Koperami, W.P. two young men visiting Torobina). Manuscript.


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