Nai language
Kwomtari language spoken in Papua New Guinea
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Nai or Biaka is a language of Papua New Guinea.
| Nai | |
|---|---|
| Biaka | |
| Region | Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | 750 (2010)[1] |
Senu River
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bio |
| Glottolog | naii1241 |
| ELP | Nai |
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, in three villages: Konabasi (3.735029°S 141.292563°E), Biaka (3.740668°S 141.282054°E), and Amini (3.823409°S 141.202454°E).
Baron (2007) lists Biaka-speaking villages as Konabasi, Biaka, and Amini.[2]