Nai language
Kwomtari language spoken in Papua New Guinea
title: "Nai language" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["languages-of-sandaun-province", "kwomtari–nai-languages"] description: "Kwomtari language spoken in Papua New Guinea" topic_path: "linguistics" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nai_language" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Kwomtari language spoken in Papua New Guinea ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox language"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Nai |
| nativename | Biaka |
| region | Papua New Guinea |
| speakers | 750 |
| date | 2010 |
| ref | e18 |
| familycolor | Papuan |
| fam1 | Senu River |
| fam2 | Kwomtari–Nai |
| iso3 | bio |
| glotto | naii1241 |
| glottorefname | Nai |
| :: |
|name=Nai |nativename=Biaka |region=Papua New Guinea |speakers=750 |date=2010 |ref=e18 |familycolor=Papuan |fam1=Senu River |fam2=Kwomtari–Nai |iso3=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 (), Biaka (), and Amini ().
Baron (2007) lists Biaka-speaking villages as Konabasi, Biaka, and Amini.
References
References
- Baron, Wietze. (October 2007). "The Kwomtari Phylum".
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