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Biaka | |
Region | Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | 750 (2010) [1] |
Senu River
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ELP | Nai |
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.)
Ethnologue lists Biaka-speaking villages in Green River Rural LLG, (formerly within Amanab District), Sandaun Province, in three villages: Konabasi ( 3°44′06″S 141°17′33″E / 3.735029°S 141.292563°E), Biaka ( 3°44′26″S 141°16′55″E / 3.740668°S 141.282054°E), and Amini ( 3°49′24″S 141°12′09″E / 3.823409°S 141.202454°E).
Baron (2007) lists Biaka-speaking villages as Konabasi, Biaka, and Amini. [2]
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