Hagahai language

Hagahai
Pinai
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionEngaMadang border
Native speakers
700 (2005)[1]
Madang – Upper Yuat
Language codes
ISO 639-3pnn
Glottologpina1252
ELPPinai-Hagahai

Hagahai, also known as Pinai, is one of two languages of the Piawi family of New Guinea.

Speakers in Enga Province use the name Pinai for all Pinai-Hagahai speakers. Those in Madang use Hagahai, at least for themselves. Exonyms include Wapi and Miamia in Enga and Aramo in Haruai.

Dialects are divergent, but speakers have a common identity.

  1. ^ Hagahai at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon