Foia Foia language

Foia Foia
Minanibai
Native to Papua New Guinea
Native speakers
180 (2000 census)[1]
Dialects
Mahigi
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
ffi  Foia Foia
mcv  Minanibai
Glottolog mina1274  (Minanibai)[2]
mahi1249  (Mahigi)[3]

Foia Foia (Foyafoya), or Minanibai,[4] is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea, spoken in an area near Omati River mouth in Ikobi Kairi and Goaribari Census districts (Gulf Province).

References

  1. Foia Foia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Minanibai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Minanibai". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Mahigi". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  4. Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices


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