Foia Foia language

Foia Foia
Foia Foia
Minanibai
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Native speakers	180 (2000 census); 300 Minanibai reported 1980
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Fly River (Anim) Inland Gulf Foia Foia; ; ;
Dialects	Mahigi;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; ffi – Foia Foia; mcv – Minanibai
Glottolog	mina1274 Minanibai; mahi1249 Mahigi

Foia Foia (Foyafoya), or Minanibai, is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea, spoken in an area near 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.

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