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Hula language

Hula is an Oceanic language spoken in the Hula area of the Rigo district, in Papua New Guinea. It is close to, but distinct from, its neighbour Keapara.

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Hula
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionCentral Province
Native speakers
5,000 (2014)1
Language codes
ISO 639-3hul
Glottologhula1239
Coordinates: 10°05′46″S 147°43′34″E / 10.096°S 147.726°E / -10.096; 147.726

Hula (or Vula’a, Bula’a, Vulaa) is an Oceanic language spoken in the Hula area of the Rigo district, in Papua New Guinea. It is close to, but distinct from, its neighbour Keapara.

Dialects

The Hula language includes several dialectal varieties: Vulaa, Alewai, Irupara, Kaparoko, Viriolo, Moukele.2

References

References

  1. Hula at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin (eds.). "Hula". Glottolog . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.