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Foau language

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Region
  
New Guinea

ISO 639-3
  
flh

Native speakers
  
350 (2010)

Glottolog
  
foau1240

Language family
  
Lakes Plain East Lakes Plain Foau

The Foau language, Abawiri, also known as Doa, is a Lakes Plain language of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. It is notable for its lack of nasal consonants: there are no nasal or nasalized consonants or vowels, even allophonically.

References

Foau language Wikipedia