Nai language
| Nai | |
|---|---|
| Biaka | |
| Region | Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | 750 (2010)[1] |
Kwomtari
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bio |
| Glottolog | naii1241 |
| ELP | Nai |
Nai or Biaka is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Amanab District, Sandaun Province, in three villages: Konabasi, Biaka, and Amini.
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.)
References
- ^ Nai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Baron, Wietze (1983). "Kwomtari survey" (PDF).
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