Hoyahoya (Matakia)[3] is an Anim language spoken in the village of Matakaia (7°50′45″S 143°14′49″E / 7.845775°S 143.246807°E / -7.845775; 143.246807 (Gagoro - Matakaia)) of Bamu Rural LLG in Western Province, Papua New Guinea.[4][5] It shares its name with the closely related Hoia Hoia language. It is documented solely in an unpublished wordlist by Carr (1991).[6][1]

Hoyahoya
Matakaia
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionWestern Province
Native speakers
(95 cited 2000)[1][2]
Trans–New Guinea
Language codes
ISO 639-3hhy
Glottologhoya1235

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  1. 1 2 Palmer, Bill, ed. (2018). The languages and linguistics of the New Guinea area: a comprehensive guide. The world of linguistics. Berlin ; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
  2. Usher, Timothy; Suter, Edgar (2015). "The Anim Languages of Southern New Guinea". Oceanic Linguistics. 54 (1): 110–142. ISSN 0029-8115.
  3. "Glottolog 5.3 - Hoyahoya-Matakaia". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2026-04-08.
  4. Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
  5. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
  6. Carr, Philip J. 1991 Foyafoya (Bibisa, W.P. at Kamusi), Hoyahoya (Matakaia, W.P. at Gagoro), Hoyahoya/Hoiahoia (Ukusi-Koperami, W.P. two young men visiting Torobina). Manuscript.