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Foia Foia language

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Native to
  
Papua New Guinea

Dialects
  
Mahigi

Native speakers
  
180 (2000 census) 300 Minanibai reported 1980

Language family
  
Trans–New Guinea Inland Gulf Minanibai Foia Foia

ISO 639-3
  
Either: ffi – Foia Foia mcv – Minanibai

Glottolog
  
mina1274  (Minanibai) mahi1249  (Mahigi)

Foia Foia (Foyafoya), or Minanibai, is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea, spoken in an area near Omati River mouth in Ikobi Kairi and Goaribari Census districts (Gulf Province).

References

Foia Foia language Wikipedia