Mountain Koiali language
Mountain Koiari (Koiali) is a language of Oro Province and Central Province, Papua New Guinea. 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 (9°09′22″S 147°39′56″E / 9.156234°S 147.665661°E), and Koiari villages of Koiari Rural LLG, as well as in Hiri Rural LLG.
Phonology
Consonants
- Sounds /ɸ, x/ can also be voiced as [β, ɣ] in word-medial position.
- Sounds /t, l/ can also be lenited as [ɾ, z] in word-medial position.