Mountain Koiari (Koiali) is a language of
Oro Province
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and
Central Province,
Papua New Guinea
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. It is not very similar to the other language which shares its name,
Grass Koiari. Half of its speakers are monolingual.
It is spoken in Barai, Efogi (), and Koiari villages of
Koiari Rural LLG, as well as in
Hiri Rural LLG
Hiri Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of Central Province, Papua New Guinea
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.
Phonology
Consonants
* Sounds /ɸ, x/ can also be voiced as
², É£in word-medial position.
* Sounds /t, l/ can also be lenited as
¾, zin word-medial position.
Vowels
References
Languages of Papua New Guinea
Koiarian languages
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