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Yagwoia (Yeghuye), or Kokwaiyakwa, is an Angan language of Papua New Guinea. Dialects are named after the five ethnicities, Iwalaqamalje, Hiqwaye, Hiqwase, Gwase, Heqwangilye (Yeqwangilje dialect).

Yagwoia
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Morobe, Eastern Highlands, Gulf provinces
Native speakers	10,000 (2005)[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Angan Yagwoia
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ygw
Glottolog	yagw1240

Distribution

Yagwoia is spoken in:[2]

• Eastern Highlands Province: Iqwalaqamalje
• Gulf Province: Gwase
• Morobe Province: Hiqwase, Hiqwaye, and Yeqwangilje

External links

• Paradisec have an open access collection of Yagwoia recordings. They also have a collection of Jadran Mimica recordings that contain some Yagwoia.

References

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