Heyo language

Heyo
Arinua
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Sandaun Province
Native speakers
2,700 (2000 census)[1]
Torricelli
  • Maimai

    • Maimai proper
      • Yahang–Heyo
        • Heyo
Language codes
ISO 639-3 auk
Glottolog heyo1240[2]

Heyo AKA Arinua (Arinwa, Arima) is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. It is also known as Lolopani and Ruruhip; this last it shares with Yahang, which is closely related.

References

  1. Heyo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Heyo". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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