Nai language

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Nai
Biaka
RegionPapua New Guinea
Native speakers
750 (2010)[1]
Senu River
  • Kwomtari–Nai
    • Nai
Language codes
ISO 639-3bio
Glottolognaii1241
ELPNai
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Nai or Biaka is a language of Papua New Guinea.

Nai is one of the Kwomtari languages. However, due to an alignment error in the published data, Nai (as Biaka) was mistakenly placed in a spurious "Baibai" family with the Fas language Baibai; this was then linked back to the Kwomtari family as "Kwomtari–Baibai". (See Kwomtari–Fas languages for details.)

Locations[]

Ethnologue lists Biaka-speaking villages in Green River Rural LLG, (formerly within ), Sandaun Province, in three villages: Konabasi (

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3°44′06″S 141°17′33″E / 3.735029°S 141.292563°E / -3.735029; 141.292563 (Konabasi)), Biaka (
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3°44′26″S 141°16′55″E / 3.740668°S 141.282054°E / -3.740668; 141.282054 (Biaka)), and Amini (
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3°49′24″S 141°12′09″E / 3.823409°S 141.202454°E / -3.823409; 141.202454 (Aminii)).

Baron (2007) lists Biaka-speaking villages as Konabasi, Biaka, and Amini.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Nai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ^ Baron, Wietze (October 2007). "The Kwomtari Phylum". Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  • Baron, Wietze (1983). "Kwomtari survey" (PDF). Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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