Nai language
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Nai or Biaka is a language of Papua New Guinea
. It is spoken in Amanab District, Sandaun Province, in three villages: Konabasi, Biaka, and Amini.
Due to an alignment error in the published data, Nai (as Biaka) was mistakenly placed in a spurious family with the Fas language
Baibai
; this was then linked back to the Kwomtari family as "Kwomtari–Baibai". (See Kwomtari–Fas languages for details.)
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
. It is spoken in Amanab District, Sandaun Province, in three villages: Konabasi, Biaka, and Amini.
Due to an alignment error in the published data, Nai (as Biaka) was mistakenly placed in a spurious family with the Fas language
Fas languages
The Fas languages are a small language family of Papua New Guinea. They are generally classified as part of a larger as-yet unproven Kwomtari–Fas family.-Classification:...
Baibai
Baibai language
Baibai is one of two Fas languages of Papua New Guinea. It is the eponymous language of the spurious Baibai languages, which was posited when the Fas language was mistakenly swapped for the Kwomtari language Biaka in published data. It actually has little in common with Kwomtari, but is 40% cognate...
; this was then linked back to the Kwomtari family as "Kwomtari–Baibai". (See Kwomtari–Fas languages for details.)