Miani language

Miani
Tani
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMadang Province
EthnicityRarin and neighboring villages of Bedup, Kaukombar, Bobom, Viab, Suraten, Tamokot and Simbine
Native speakers
(3,000 South cited 2003, 1,500 North cited 1987)[1]
Trans–New Guinea?
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
pla – Miani (North) includes Rarin, Simbine, Tamokot, Bedup and Kaukombar
tnh – Maiani (South) includes Viab, Bobom, Waba, Aleswav, Giniwarav and many more in the interlands
Glottologmian1254  Miani (North)
maia1253  Maiani (South)

Miani, formerly Tani after a village name, is a Papuan language complex of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.[2] The northern and southern varieties, Miani and Maiani, are dialects in terms of vocabulary or pronunciation.

  1. ^ Miani (North) includes Rarin, Simbine, Tamokot, Bedup and Kaukombar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Maiani (South) includes Viab, Bobom, Waba, Aleswav, Giniwarav and many more in the interlands at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Pick, Andrew (2020). A reconstruction of Proto-Northern Adelbert phonology and lexicon (PDF) (PhD dissertation). University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.