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Foi language

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Region
  
Papua New Guinea

Language family
  
East Kutubuan Foi

Glottolog
  
foii1241

Native speakers
  
(2,800 cited 1980)

ISO 639-3
  
foi

Foi (Foe) is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Ifigi, Kafa, Kutubu, Mubi.

Pronouns are:

*Ya'a is exclusive, yage inclusive. It's not clear if a reported minimal distinction in the plural between inclusive "yia" and exclusive "yiya" is real.

References

Foi language Wikipedia