| Altname | Tani |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity | Rarin and neighboring villages of Bedup, Kaukombar, Bobom, Viab, Suraten, Tamokot and Simbine |
| Region | Madang Province |
| States | Papua New Guinea |
| Speakers | 3,000 South cited 2003, 1,500 North |
| Date | 1987 |
| Ref | e18 |
| Familycolor | Papuan |
| Fam 1 | Trans–New Guinea? |
| Fam 2 | Madang |
| Fam 3 | Croisilles |
| Fam 4 | Northwest Adelbert Range |
| Fam 5 | Kaukombar |
| Lc 1 | pla |
| Ld 1 | Miani (North) includes Rarin, Simbine, Tamokot, Bedup and Kaukombar |
| Lc 2 | tnh |
| Ld 2 | Maiani (South) includes Viab, Bobom, Waba, Aleswav, Giniwarav and many more in the interlands |
| Glotto | mian1254 |
| Glottoname | Miani (North) |
| Glottorefname | Miani |
| Glotto 2 | maia1253 |
| Glottoname 2 | Maiani (South) |
| Glottorefname 2 | Maiani |
Miani, formerly Tani after a village name, is a Papuan language complex of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.[1] The northern and southern varieties, Miani and Maiani, are dialects in terms of vocabulary or pronunciation.
References
- ^ Pick, Andrew (2020). A reconstruction of Proto-Northern Adelbert phonology and lexicon (PhD dissertation). University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.