Koiali, Mountain

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Mountain Koiari

Population

4,000 (2000 census). 50% monolingual.

Location

Central Province, Port Moresby district, north of Koita, Koiari, Barai, and Efogi villages.

Language Maps

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

Lexical similarity: 50%–57% with Grass Koiari [kbk] (most similar).

Typology

SOV

Language Use

Also use Motu [meu].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. NT: 1981.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script.