Foi language

Not to be confused with Iau language.
Foi
Region Papua New Guinea
Native speakers
unknown (2,800 cited 1980)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 foi
Glottolog foii1241[2]

Foi (Foe) is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Ifigi, Kafa, Kutubu, Mubi.

Pronouns are:

sgdupl
1 naya'a
yage*
yia
2 na'ahaga'aha'a
3 yoha'aya'a

*Ya'a is exclusive, yage inclusive. It's not clear if a reported minimal distinction in the plural between inclusive "yia" and exclusive "yiya" is real.

References

  1. Foi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Foi". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.


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