Hoia Hoia language

Hoia Hoia
	Hoyahoya
Region	Western Province, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers	180 (2000 census)[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Fly River (Anim) 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.

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
	i	u
	e	o
		ɑ ɑ̙ <a>

References

↑ Ukusi-Koparamio Hoia Hoia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Matakaia Hoia Hoia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Hoia Hoia". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Hoyahoya". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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[e18-1] Ukusi-Koparamio Hoia Hoia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Matakaia Hoia Hoia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Hoia Hoia". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[Glottolog2-3] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Hoyahoya". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.