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Halia

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: hla

Population	20,000 (1994 SIL).
Region	Bougainville Province, North Bougainville District, east coast of Buka Island and of Selau Peninsula, Cartaret Islands.
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 13, reference number 612
Alternate names	Tasi
Dialects	Hanahan, Hangan, Touloun (Tulon, Tulun), Selau. Tryon says distinct from Takuu [nho] (Nukuria) and Luangiua (Ontong Java [ojv]) in Solomon Islands. Users have contact with Luangiua.
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Meso Melanesian, New Ireland, South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic, Nehan-North Bougainville, Buka, Halia
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 75%–100%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%–100%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1978.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Distinct from Tulu dialect of Tulu-Bohuai [rak] in Manus Province. SVO. Fishermen; intensive agriculturalists; cocoa and copra production.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ALLEN, Jan; ALLEN, Jerry, authors. 1994. Halia Organised Phonology Data.  

ALLEN, Janice, author. 1972. "Relationships between sentence and discourse in Halia."

ALLEN, Janice; ALLEN, Jerry, authors. 1965. Halia language course.

ALLEN, Janice; ALLEN, Jerry, authors. 1974. "Halia."

ALLEN, Janice; ALLEN, Jerry, authors. 1980. Halia (North Solomons Province).

ALLEN, Jerry, author. 1971. "Tense/aspect and conjunctions in Halia narratives."

ALLEN, Jerry, author. 1972. "Buka: Reclaiming self-respect."

ALLEN, Jerry, author. 1978. Halia verb morphology: From morpheme to discourse.  

ALLEN, Jerry, author. 1987. Halia grammar.

ALLEN, Jerry; KOESANA, Maurice; LATU, Marcello; TSIRUMITS, Maurice, compilers. 1982. Halia language: Halia to English, English to Halia.

BETSI, Jenny; KOPEI, Kathleen; MANOHANA, Victoria; NORETA, Borese; NOTT, Bruno; RIRIANA, Allan; SAWA, Stephen; TAKAHÖ, Valentine; TSIRUMITS, Maurice, compilers; ALLEN, Jan; ALLEN, Jerry, editors. 2012. Halia Dictionary (Halia to English and English to Halia).  

MCELHANON, Kenneth A., editor. 1974. Legends from Papua New Guinea.

Vernacular Publications

Ara gi rit 1-5. 1970.

Halia primer 1-4. 1975.

How to have strong children. 1965.

Teacher’s guide for Halia primers 1, 2, 3 and 4. 1976.

U hahatate ni Buka. 1968.

U hahatate ni manasa. 1976.

U hahatate ni romana. 1976.

U rola nu sen: Turu English alo e retem dollars and cents). 1965.