Nai or Biaka is a language of

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

. 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 Amanab District),

Sandaun Province Sandaun Province (formerly West Sepik Province) is the northwesternmost mainland Provinces of Papua New Guinea, province of Papua New Guinea. It covers an area of 35,920 km2 (13868 m2) and has a population of 248,411 (2011 census). The capita ...

, in three villages: Konabasi (), Biaka (), and Amini (). Baron (2007) lists Biaka-speaking villages as Konabasi, Biaka, and Amini.

References

* {{Languages of Papua New Guinea Languages of Sandaun Province Kwomtari–Nai languages