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Koiali, Mountain

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: kpx

Population	4,000 (2000 census). 50% monolingual.
Region	Central Province, Port Moresby District, north of Koita, Koiari, and Barai. One village is Efogi.
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 16, reference number 730
Alternate names	Mountain Koiari
Dialects	Lexical similarity: 50%–57% with Grass Koiari [kbk] (most similar).
Classification	Trans-New Guinea, Southeast Papuan, Koiarian, Koiaric
Language use	Also use Motu [meu].
Language development	Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Grammar. NT: 1981.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SOV. Swidden agriculturalists.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Anonymous. n.d.. Mountain Koiali Organised Phonology Data.  

GARLAND, Roger; GARLAND, Susan, authors. 1975. "A grammar sketch of Mountain Koiali."

GARLAND, Roger; GARLAND, Susan, authors. Available: 2008; Created: 1971-06. Mt. Koiali phonemics.  

GARLAND, Roger; GARLAND, Susan, compilers. Available: 2009-; Created: 1983. Mountain Koiali - English dictionary, English - Mountain Koiali dictionary.  

GARLAND, Susan, author. 1980. Mountain Koiali grammar: Sentences, paragraphs, and discourses.  

HUTCHISSON, Don, editor. 1980. Grammatical studies in Fasu and Mt. Koiali.

Vernacular Publications

Nahi hoto dodaveve hilokai. 1974.

Ugue buka. 1973.