| Mountain Koiari | |
| Region: | Oro Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Ethnicity: | Koiari people |
| Speakers: | Mountain Koiari: 4,000? |
| Date: | 2000 census |
| Ref: | e25 |
| Speakers2: | Biage: |
| Familycolor: | Papuan |
| Fam1: | Trans–New Guinea |
| Fam2: | Koiarian |
| Fam3: | Koiaric |
| Lc1: | kpx |
| Ld1: | Mountain Koiali |
| Lc2: | bdf |
| Ld2: | Biage |
| Glotto: | moun1252 |
| Glottoname: | Mountain Koiali |
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 (-9.1562°N 147.6657°W), and Koiari villages of Koiari Rural LLG, as well as in Hiri Rural LLG.[1] [2]
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