Foia Foia (Foyafoya), or Minanibai, is a
Papuan language
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of
Papua New Guinea
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, spoken in an area near the
Omati River
The Omati River is a river in southern Papua New Guinea. Omati Riverin Geonames.org (cc-by) post updated 2012-01-17; database downloaded 2015-06-22
See also
*List of rivers of Papua New Guinea
*List of rivers of Oceania
*Southern New Guinea fres ...
mouth in Ikobi Kairi and
Goaribari Census districts (
Gulf Province
Gulf Province is a province of Papua New Guinea located on the southern coast. The provincial capital is Kerema. The 34,472 km2 province is dominated by mountains, lowland river deltas, and grassland flood plains. In Gulf Province, the Kiko ...
).
Mahigi, a Foia Foia dialect documented in a word list by Cridland (1924), is now extinct.
[Cridland, E. 1924. Vocabulary of Mahigi. ''British New Guinea Annual Report'' 1923–1924: 58–58.]
Locations
Foia Foia is spoken in Bibisa village (),
Bamu Rural LLG,
Western Province, Papua New Guinea
Western Province is a coastal province in southwestern Papua New Guinea, bordering the Indonesian provinces of Highland Papua and South Papua. The provincial capital is Daru. The largest town in the province is Tabubil. Other major settlements ar ...
.
Minanbai is spoken in Moka () and Pepeha () villages of
West Kikori Rural LLG,
Gulf Province
Gulf Province is a province of Papua New Guinea located on the southern coast. The provincial capital is Kerema. The 34,472 km2 province is dominated by mountains, lowland river deltas, and grassland flood plains. In Gulf Province, the Kiko ...
.
Phonology
Vowels
Consonants
Bibliography
;Word lists
*Carr, Philip J. 1991 ''Foyafoya (Bibisa, W.P. at Kamusi), Hoyahoya (Matakaia, W.P. at Gagoro), Hoyahoya/Hoiahoia (Ukusi-Koperami, W.P. two young men visiting Torobina)''. Manuscript.
*Z’graggen, John A. 1975. Comparative wordlists of the Gulf District and adjacent Areas. In: Richard Loving (ed.), ''Comparative Wordlists'' I. 5–116. Ukarumpa: SIL-PNG. (Rearranged version of Franklin ed. 1973: 541–592) with typographical errors.)
*Franklin, Karl J. 1973. Appendices. In: Franklin (ed.), 539–592.
*Johnston, H. L. C. 1920. Vocabulary of Eme-Eme. ''British New Guinea Annual Report'' 1919–1920: 120.
References
External links
Foia Foia New Guinea World.
Inland Gulf languages
Languages of Papua New Guinea
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