Miani language

{{Short description|Madang language spoken in Papua New Guinea}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Miani

|altname=Tani

|ethnicity= Rarin and neighboring villages of Bedup, Kaukombar, Bobom, Viab, Suraten, Tamokot and Simbine

|region=Madang Province

|states=Papua New Guinea

|speakers=3,000 South cited 2003, 1,500 North

|date=1987

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Papuan

|fam1=Trans–New Guinea?

|fam2=Madang

|fam3=Croisilles

|fam4=Northwest Adelbert Range

|fam5=Kaukombar

|lc1=pla|ld1=Miani (North) includes Rarin, Simbine, Tamokot, Bedup and Kaukombar

|lc2=tnh|ld2=Maiani (South) includes Viab, Bobom, Waba, Aleswav, Giniwarav and many more in the interlands

|glotto=mian1254

|glottoname=Miani (North)

|glottorefname=Miani

|glotto2=maia1253

|glottoname2=Maiani (South)

|glottorefname2=Maiani

}}

Miani, formerly Tani after a village name, is a Papuan language complex of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.{{cite thesis |type=PhD dissertation |last=Pick |first=Andrew |date=2020 |title=A reconstruction of Proto-Northern Adelbert phonology and lexicon |publisher=University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa |url=http://ling.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/PickDissertation.pdf}} The northern and southern varieties, Miani and Maiani, are dialects in terms of vocabulary or pronunciation.