| Nai | |
|---|---|
| Biaka | |
| Region | Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | 750 (2010)[1] |
Senu River
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bio |
| Glottolog | naii1241 |
| ELP | Nai[2] |
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 (3°44′06″S 141°17′33″E / 3.735029°S 141.292563°E), Biaka (3°44′26″S 141°16′55″E / 3.740668°S 141.282054°E), and Amini (3°49′24″S 141°12′09″E / 3.823409°S 141.202454°E).
Baron (2007) lists Biaka-speaking villages as Konabasi, Biaka, and Amini.[3]
References
- ^ Nai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Nai.
- ^ Baron, Wietze (October 2007). "The Kwomtari Phylum". Retrieved 2019-09-22.
- Baron, Wietze (1983). "Kwomtari survey" (PDF).