Grass Koiari
[别称 Koiari, Koiari (Grass), Koiari, Grass]语系:Trans-New Guinea
·近危
语系:Trans-New Guinea
·近危
信息不完整 “Australasia and the Pacific” (425-577) . Stephen Wurm (2007) , Christopher Moseley · Routledge
In 1973, 1,800 speakers were reported. This figure is still valid, but the language is under pressure from both Tok Pisin and Hiri Motu (the southern lingua franca of Papua New Guinea).
The young speakers are beginning to prefer Tok Pisin.
Tok Pisin
Hiri Motu
There is some literacy in the language.
Central Province. Spoken east of Port Moresby around Sirinumu Dam, as far inland as Goldie River settlement and Kailakinumu.
信息不完整 “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press