| Nativename | Biaka |
|---|---|
| Region | Papua New Guinea |
| Speakers | 750 |
| Date | 2010 |
| Ref | e18 |
| Familycolor | Papuan |
| Fam 1 | Senu River |
| Fam 2 | Kwomtari–Nai |
| Iso 3 | bio |
| Glotto | naii1241 |
| Glottorefname | Nai |
Nai or Biaka is a language of Papua New Guinea.
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.)
Locations
Ethnologue lists Biaka-speaking villages in Green River Rural LLG, (formerly within Amanab District), Sandaun Province, in three villages: Konabasi (3.735029°S 141.292563°E), Biaka (3.740668°S 141.282054°E), and Amini (3.823409°S 141.202454°E).
Baron (2007) lists Biaka-speaking villages as Konabasi, Biaka, and Amini.[1]
References
- ^ Baron, Wietze (October 2007). "The Kwomtari Phylum". Retrieved 2019-09-22.
- Baron, Wietze (1983). "Kwomtari survey"