Hagahai language

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

{{Infobox language

|name=Hagahai

|nativename=Pinai

|states=Papua New Guinea

|region=Enga–Madang border

|speakers=700

|date=2005

|ref=e25

|familycolor=Papuan

|fam1=Madang – Upper Yuat

|fam2=Upper Yuat

|fam3=Piawi

|iso3=pnn

|glotto=pina1252

|glottorefname=Pinai-Hagahai

}}

Hagahai, also known as Pinai, is one of two languages of the Piawi family of New Guinea.

Speakers in Enga Province use the name Pinai for all Pinai-Hagahai speakers. Those in Madang use Hagahai, at least for themselves. Exonyms include Wapi and Miamia in Enga and Aramo in Haruai.

Dialects are divergent, but speakers have a common identity.