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Foau
Doa
Abawiri
RegionNew Guinea
Native speakers
350 (2010)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3flh
Glottologfoau1240
ELPFoau

The Foau language, Abawiri, also known as Doa, is a Lakes Plain language of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. It is notable for its lack of nasal consonants: there are no nasal or nasalized consonants or vowels, even allophonically.

References

  1. ^ Foau at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)