Nai language
{{Short description|Kwomtari language spoken in Papua New Guinea}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Nai
|nativename=Biaka
|region=Papua New Guinea
|speakers=750
|date=2010
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Papuan
|fam1=Senu River
|fam2=Kwomtari–Nai
|iso3=bio
|glotto=naii1241
|glottorefname=Nai
}}
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Nai or Biaka is a language of Papua New Guinea.
Nai is one of the Kwomtari languages. However, due to an alignment error in the published data, Nai (as Biaka) was mistakenly placed in a spurious "Baibai" family with the Fas language Baibai; this was then linked back to the Kwomtari family as "Kwomtari–Baibai". (See Kwomtari–Fas languages for details.)
Locations
Ethnologue lists Biaka-speaking villages in Green River Rural LLG, (formerly within Amanab District), Sandaun Province, in three villages: Konabasi ({{coord|-3.735029|141.292563|type:city_region:PG|name=Konabasi}}), Biaka ({{coord|-3.740668|141.282054|type:city_region:PG|name=Biaka}}), and Amini ({{coord|-3.823409|141.202454|type:city_region:PG|name=Aminii}}).
Baron (2007) lists Biaka-speaking villages as Konabasi, Biaka, and Amini.{{cite web |url=http://www.kwomtari.net/ |title=The Kwomtari Phylum |last=Baron |first=Wietze |date=October 2007 |accessdate=2019-09-22}}
References
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- {{cite journal | last = Baron | first = Wietze | year = 1983 | title = Kwomtari survey |url=http://www.kwomtari.net/kwomtari_survey.pdf}}
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