Hoia Hoia language

Hoia Hoia
Hoyahoya
Region	Western Province, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers	180 (2000 census)^[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Inland Gulf Minanibai Hoia Hoia
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: `hhi` – Ukusi-Koparamio Hoia Hoia `hhy` – Matakaia Hoia Hoia
Glottolog	`hoia1235` (Hoia Hoia)^[2] `hoya1235` (Hoyahoya)^[3]

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

References

↑ Ukusi-Koparamio Hoia Hoia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Matakaia Hoia Hoia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Hoia Hoia". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Hoyahoya". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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