Foia Foia language
{{Short description|Papuan language of Papua New Guinea}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Foia Foia
|nativename=Minanibai
|states=Papua New Guinea
|speakers=180
|date=2000 census
|ref=e19
|speakers2=300 Minanibai reported 1980
|familycolor=Papuan
|fam1=Trans–New Guinea
|fam2=Fly River (Anim)
|fam3=Inland Gulf
|dia1=Mahigi
|lc1=ffi|ld1=Foia Foia
|lc2=mcv|ld2=Minanibai
|glotto=mina1274
|glottoname=Minanibai
|glottorefname=Minanibai-Foia Foia
|glotto2=mahi1249
|glottoname2=Mahigi
}}
Foia Foia (Foyafoya), or Minanibai,Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea, spoken in an area near the Omati River mouth in Ikobi Kairi and Goaribari Census districts (Gulf Province).
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 ({{coord|-7.666925|143.177088|type:city_region:PG|name=Bibisa}}), Bamu Rural LLG, Western Province, Papua New Guinea.{{cite web |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/country/PG/languages |title=Papua New Guinea languages |work=Ethnologue: Languages of the World |edition=22nd |editor1-last=Eberhard |editor1-first=David M. |editor2-last=Simons |editor2-first=Gary F. |editor3-last=Fennig |editor3-first=Charles D. |date=2019 |location=Dallas |publisher=SIL International}}{{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}}
Minanbai is spoken in Moka ({{coord|-7.282409|143.461072|type:city_region:PG|name=Moka No. 1}}) and Pepeha ({{coord|-7.655742|144.007263|type:city_region:PG|name=Pepeha}}) villages of West Kikori Rural LLG, Gulf Province.
Phonology
= Vowels =
| class="wikitable"
! !Front !Central !Back |
| Close
|i | |u |
| Mid
|e | |o |
| Open
| |ä ⟨ā⟩ |ɑ ⟨a⟩ |
= Consonants =
| class="wikitable"
! !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
;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
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External links
- [https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/families/trans-new-guinea/fly-river/inland-gulf/west-inland-gulf/foia-foia Foia Foia]. New Guinea World.
{{Anim languages}}
Category:Inland Gulf languages
Category:Languages of Papua New Guinea
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