Hula language

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.

Hula
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Central Province
Native speakers	5,000 (2014)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Papuan Tip Central Sinagoro–Keapara Hula–Keapara Hula
Language codes
ISO 639-3	hul
Glottolog	hula1239
Coordinates: 10.096°S 147.726°E / -10.096; 147.726

Dialects

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

References

1. Hula at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Hula". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.