| Foia Foia | |
|---|---|
| Minanibai | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | 180 (2000 census)[1] 300 Minanibai reported 1980[1] |
| Dialects |
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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]
- ^ a b Foia Foia at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
Minanibai at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
- ^ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
- ^ Cridland, E. 1924. Vocabulary of Mahigi. British New Guinea Annual Report 1923–1924: 58–58.
