Minanibai-Foia Foia
Minanibai-Foia Foia is an Anim language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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Foia Foia (Foyafoya), or Minanibai, is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea, spoken in an area near the 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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Words in Minanibai-Foia Foia
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | digo* | |
| eye | kupino* | |
| ear | dera* | |
| nose | desi* | |
| tooth | tou* | |
| tongue | goda* | |
| hand | pipini* | |
| blood | nikana* | |
| bone | pia* | |
| skin | nikopi* | |
| knee | kiwonu* | |
| breast | nono* | |
| liver | liva* | |
| water | ao* | |
| fire | mofamofa* | |
| sun | sivio* | |
| star | gugi* | |
| stone | nadi* | |
| mountain | ifia* | |
| leaf | paho* | |
| night | riko* | |
| dog | gahoi* | |
| fish | ebiame* | |
| louse | nimo* | |
| one | raiegio* | |
| two | masi* | |
| I | no* | |
| you | no* | |
| we | ni* | |
| drink | Edemio* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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