Ainbai language

{{Short description|Papuan language of Papua New Guinea}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Ainbai

|nativename=

|states=Papua New Guinea

|region=Sandaun Province

|coordinates={{coord|-3.090493|141.146645|type:city_region:PG|name=Ainbai}}

|speakers=100

|date=2003

|ref=e25

|familycolor=Papuan

|fam1=Border

|fam2=Bewani Range

|fam3=Poal River

|map2=Lang Status 40-SE.svg

|mapcaption2={{center|{{small|Ainbai is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}

|iso3=aic

|glotto=ainb1238

|glottorefname=Ainbai

}}

Ainbai is a Papuan language of Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Ainbai village ({{coord|-3.090493|141.146645|type:city_region:PG|name=Ainbai}}), Bewani/Wutung Onei Rural LLG, Sandaun Province.{{cite web |url=https://data.humdata.org/dataset/village-coordinates-lookup |title=Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup |author=United Nations in Papua New Guinea |work=Humanitarian Data Exchange |version=1.31.9 |date=2018}}

Other than Ainbai village ({{coord|-3.090493|141.146645|type:city_region:PG|name=Ainbai}}), it is also spoken in Elis village ({{coord|-3.056925|141.089587|type:city_region:PG|name=Elis 1}}).Brown, Robert. 1981. [http://www-01.sil.org/pacific/png/show_work.asp?id=928474523659 A sociolinguistic survey of Pagi and Kilmeri]. Workpapers in Papua New Guinea Languages 29. Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics.[http://www.sil.org/resources/archives/23659 Survey archive on Summer Institute of Linguistics International]