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Koiari, Grass

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3kbk

Population  1,700 (2000 S. Wurm). 10% monolingual.
Region  Central Province, east of Port Moresby to coast.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 16, reference number 732
Alternate names   Koiari
Dialects  Hogeri, Lahada, Omani. Lexical similarity: 60%–65% with Koitabu [kqi] (most similar).
Classification  Trans-New Guinea, Southeast Papuan, Koiarian, Koiaric
Language use  Also use Hiri Motu [hmo] or English.
Language development  Dictionary. Grammar.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

DUTTON, Tom, author. 2010. "The dialects of Koiari revisited."  Available online

FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1997. Review of: Koiari, by Tom E. Dutton.