Koiari language
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Name (Latin)
Koiari language
Other forms of name
Grass Koiari language
See Also From tracing topical name
Papuan languages
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Papua New Guinea
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q12952642
Library of congress:
sh 93004599
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: 93-135625: Dutton, T. A first dictionary of Koiari, c1992:p. 5 (Koiari is a Papuan language spoken just inland of Port Moresby, Papua, New Guinea)
- Ethnologue:p. 154 (Koiari, Grass, Koiari: Central Province, East of Port Moresby to the coast)
- Ruhlen world lang.:p. 357 (Koiari)
- Voegelin lang.:p. 203 (Koiari)
Wikipedia description:
Grass Koiari (Koiali) is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea spoken in the inland Port Moresby area. It is not very close to the other language which shares its name, Mountain Koiali. It is considered a threatened language. Most speakers are located in the north-eastern portion of Port Moresby, others present in the headwaters of Hunter River and Musgrave River as well as in the Motu villages of Tubuseleia, Barakau, and Gaile.
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