Foia Foia (Foyafoya), or Minanibai,[2] is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea, spoken in an area near Omati River mouth in Ikobi Kairi and Goaribari Census districts (Gulf Province).
| Foia Foia | |
|---|---|
| Minanibai | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | 180 (2000 census)[1] 300 Minanibai reported 1980[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:ffi – Foia Foiamcv – Minanibai |
| Glottolog | mina1274 Minanibaimahi1249 Mahigi |
Mahigi, a Foia Foia dialect documented in a word list by Cridland (1924), is now extinct.[3]
Locations edit
Foia Foia is spoken in Bibisa village (7°40′01″S 143°10′38″E / 7.666925°S 143.177088°E), Bamu Rural LLG, Western Province, Papua New Guinea.[4][5]
Minanbai is spoken in Moka (7°16′57″S 143°27′40″E / 7.282409°S 143.461072°E) and Pepeha (7°39′21″S 144°00′26″E / 7.655742°S 144.007263°E) villages of West Kikori Rural LLG, Gulf Province.
Phonology edit
Vowels edit
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Open | ä ⟨ā⟩ | ɑ ⟨a⟩ |
Consonants edit
| Labial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voiceless stop | p | t | k | ʔ ⟨ʼ⟩ | |
| Voiced stop | b | d | g | ||
| Voiceless fricative | ɸ ⟨f⟩ | f | s | h | |
| Approximant | w | l |
Bibliography edit
- 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 edit
- ^ a b Foia Foia at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
Minanibai at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
- ^ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
- ^ Cridland, E. 1924. Vocabulary of Mahigi. British New Guinea Annual Report 1923–1924: 58–58.
- ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
- ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
External links edit
- Foia Foia. New Guinea World.
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