Iha language

{{Short description|Papuan language spoken in Indonesia}}

{{about|a Papuan language|the Austronesian language spoken in the Moluccas|Saparua language}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Iha

|nativename=Matta, Kapaur

|state=Indonesia

|region=West Papua (Bomberai Peninsula)

|speakers=5,500

|date=1987

|ref = e25

|familycolor=Papuan

|fam1=Trans–New Guinea

|fam2=West Trans–New Guinea

|fam3=West Bomberai

|fam4=Mbahaam–Iha

|iso3=ihp

|glotto=ihaa1241

|glottorefname=Iha

}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Pidgin Iha

|states=Indonesia

|region=West Papua (Bomberai Peninsula)

|speakers=none

|familycolor=Pidgin

|family=Iha-based pidgin

|iso3=ihb

|glotto2=ihab1241

|glottorefname2=Iha Based Pidgin

|ELP=4297

|ELPname=Iha Based Pidgin

}}

Iha (Matta, Kapaur) is a Papuan language spoken by the Mbaham-Matta people (primarily Matta) of the Bomberai Peninsula in West Papua Province, Indonesia. It is the basis of a pidgin used as the local trade language.{{e25|ihb|Iha-Based Pidgin}}