Foia Foia | |
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Minanibai | |
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | 180 (2000 census)[1] 300 Minanibai reported 1980[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:ffi – Foia Foiamcv – Minanibai |
Glottolog | mina1274 Minanibaimahi1249 Mahigi |
Foia Foia (Foyafoya), or Minanibai,[2] 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).
Mahigi, a Foia Foia dialect documented in a word list by Cridland (1924), is now extinct.[3]