Maiani language

Miani
Ma
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Madang Province
Ethnicity Rarin and neighboring villages of Bedup, Kaukombar, Bobom, Viab, Suraten, Tamokot and Simbine
Native speakers
 (3,000 South cited 2003, 1,500 North cited 1987)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
pla – Miani North includes Rarin, Simbine, Tamokot, Bedup and Kaukombar
tnh – Miani South includes Viab, Bobom, Waba, Aleswav, Giniwarav and many more in the interlands
Glottolog mian1254  Miani (North)[2]
maia1253  Miani (South)[3]

Miani Ma, is a Papuan language complex of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. The northern and southern varieties are dialects in terms of vocabulary or pronunciation.

References

  1. ↑ Miani North includes Rarin, Simbine, Tamokot, Bedup and Kaukombar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Miani South includes Viab, Bobom, Waba, Aleswav, Giniwarav and many more in the interlands at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Miani". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Miani". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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