Hoia Hoia (Hoyahoya) is a

Papuan language The Papuan languages are the non- Austronesian and non-Australian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands, by around 4 million people. It is a strictly geogra ...

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 Minanibai. The two varieties, Ukusi-Koparamio Hoia Hoia ("Hoia Hoia" in ''Ethnologue'' 17) and Matakaia Hoia Hoia ("Hoyahoya" in ''Ethnologue'' 17), are distinct languages, though significantly closer to each other than to other Inland Gulf languages. The varieties are spoken in Ukusi-Koparamio (; ) and Matakaia () villages of

Bamu Rural LLG Bamu Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of Western Province, Papua New Guinea. The Kamula language is spoken in the LLG, near the Wawoi Falls area. Wards *01. Samakopa (Kamula language speakers) *02. Kawalasi *03. Kamusi *04. Parieme *0 ...

in Western Province, Papua New Guinea, respectively. Word lists of Hoia Hoia dialects have been collected by Carr (1991).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.

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