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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > Papua New Guinea > Koitabu

Koitabu

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3kqi

Population  2,700 (2000 S. Wurm).
Region  Central Province, Port Moresby area.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 16, reference number 731
Alternate names   Koita
Dialects  West Koita, East Koita. Lexical similarity: 60%–65% with Grass Koiari [kbk] (most similar).
Classification  Trans-New Guinea, Southeast Papuan, Koiarian, Koiaric
Language use  Some also use Hiri Motu [hmo], Motu [meu], Tok Pisin [tpi], or English.
Comments  Traditionally hunters; agriculturalists.