Foi language
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Foi | |
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Region | Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers
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unknown (2,800 cited 1980)[1] |
East Kutubuan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | foi |
Glottolog | foii1241 [2] |
Foi (Foe) is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Ifigi, Kafa, Kutubu, Mubi.
Pronouns are:
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sg du pl 1 na ya'a
yage*yia 2 na'a haga'a ha'a 3 yo ha'a ya'a
*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 at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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