Foia Foia language

Foia Foia (Foyafoya), or Minanibai,[2] 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).

Foia Foia
Minanibai
Native toPapua New Guinea
Native speakers
180 (2000 census)[1]
300 Minanibai reported 1980[1]
Dialects
  • Mahigi
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
ffi – Foia Foia
mcv – Minanibai
Glottologmina1274  Minanibai
mahi1249  Mahigi

Mahigi, a Foia Foia dialect documented in a word list by Cridland (1924), is now extinct.[3]

Locations

Foia Foia is spoken in Bibisa village (7.666925°S 143.177088°E / -7.666925; 143.177088 (Bibisa)), Bamu Rural LLG, Western Province, Papua New Guinea.[4][5]

Minanbai is spoken in Moka (7.282409°S 143.461072°E / -7.282409; 143.461072 (Moka No. 1)) and Pepeha (7.655742°S 144.007263°E / -7.655742; 144.007263 (Pepeha)) villages of West Kikori Rural LLG, Gulf Province.

Phonology

Vowels
Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e o
Open ä ⟨ā⟩ ɑ ⟨a⟩

Consonants
Labial Labiodental Alveolar Velar Glottal
Voiceless stop p t k ʔ ⟨ʼ⟩
Voiced stop b d g
Voiceless fricative ɸ ⟨f⟩ f s h
Approximant w l

Bibliography
Word lists
  • Carr, Philip J. 1991 Foyafoya (Bibisa, W.P. at Kamusi), Hoyahoya (Matakaia, W.P. at Gagoro), Hoyahoya/Hoiahoia (Ukusi-Koperami, W.P. two young men visiting Torobina). Manuscript.
  • Z’graggen, John A. 1975. Comparative wordlists of the Gulf District and adjacent Areas. In: Richard Loving (ed.), Comparative Wordlists I. 5–116. Ukarumpa: SIL-PNG. (Rearranged version of Franklin ed. 1973: 541–592) with typographical errors.)
  • Franklin, Karl J. 1973. Appendices. In: Franklin (ed.), 539–592.
  • Johnston, H. L. C. 1920. Vocabulary of Eme-Eme. British New Guinea Annual Report 1919–1920: 120.

References
  1. Foia Foia at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016) closed access
    Minanibai at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016) closed access
  2. Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
  3. Cridland, E. 1924. Vocabulary of Mahigi. British New Guinea Annual Report 1923–1924: 58–58.
  4. Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
  5. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.


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