[en] Proton hole states have been studied up to E_x = 17 MeV and E_x = 3.5 MeV in the ¹¹⁹In nucleus via the ¹²⁰Sn (d,³He)¹¹⁹In reaction respectively at E_d = 108.4 MeV and E_d = 51 MeV. DWBA analysis of angular distributions has allowed l attributions for a large number of new levels and the determination of valence and inner hole strength distributions. The first 1g_9/2, 2p_1/2 and 2p_3/2 levels only exhaust 40%, 60% and 32% of their respective sum rule limits. The missing strengths are shared among several low lying levels and significant higher lying contributions. The 1f strength, not identified in the previous experiments is spread from E_x = 1 MeV to about 17 MeV. The low lying levels around E_x = 2.4 MeV could exhaust some 40% of the 1f_5/2 sum rule. The higher lying strength with a flat maximum around E_x = 7.5 MeV could account for the 1f_7/2 inner hole strength and the missing 1f_5/2 valence strength. The experimental strength functions compare rather well with the predictions of the quasiparticle-phonon model