Hula (or Vula’a, Bula’a, Vulaa) is an

Oceanic language The approximately 450 Oceanic languages are a branch of the Austronesian languages. The area occupied by speakers of these languages includes Polynesia, as well as much of Melanesia and Micronesia. Though covering a vast area, Oceanic languages ...

spoken in the Hula area of the

Rigo district Rigo District is a district of Central Province in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the four administrative districts that make up the province. Local-level government areas * Rigo Central Rural * Rigo Coastal Rural * Rigo Inland Rural Town ...

, in

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

. It is close to, but distinct from, its neighbour Keapara.

Dialects

The Hula language includes several dialectal varieties: Alewai, Irupara, Kaporoko, Vula.

References

Central Papuan Tip languages Languages of Central Province (Papua New Guinea) {{PapuanTip-lang-stub