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) 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 It is documented solely in an unpublished wordlist by Carr (1991).[6][1]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 to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Western Province |
Native speakers | (95 cited 2000)[1][2] |
Trans–New Guinea
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | hhy |
| Glottolog | hoya1235 |
See also
editReferences
edit- 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.
- ↑ Usher, Timothy; Suter, Edgar (2015). "The Anim Languages of Southern New Guinea". Oceanic Linguistics. 54 (1): 110–142. ISSN 0029-8115.
- ↑ "Glottolog 5.3 - Hoyahoya-Matakaia". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2026-04-08.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
- ↑ 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.