Foia Foia language
# Foia Foia language

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).

Mahigi, a Foia Foia dialect documented in a word list by Cridland (1924), is now extinct.

## Locations

Foia Foia is spoken in Bibisa village (7°40′01″S 143°10′38″E﻿ / ﻿7.666925°S 143.177088°E﻿ / -7.666925; 143.177088﻿ (Bibisa)), Bamu Rural LLG, Western Province, Papua New Guinea.

Minanbai is spoken in Moka (7°16′57″S 143°27′40″E﻿ / ﻿7.282409°S 143.461072°E﻿ / -7.282409; 143.461072﻿ (Moka No. 1)) and Pepeha (7°39′21″S 144°00′26″E﻿ / ﻿7.655742°S 144.007263°E﻿ / -7.655742; 144.007263﻿ (Pepeha)) villages of West Kikori Rural LLG, Gulf Province.

## Phonology

### Vowels

| | Front | Central | Back |
| - | - | - | - |
| Close | i | | u |
| Mid | e | | o |
| Open | | ä ⟨ā⟩ | ɑ ⟨a⟩ |

### Consonants

| | Labial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Voiceless stop | p | | t | k | ʔ ⟨ʼ⟩ |
| Voiced stop | b | | d | g | |
| Voiceless fricative | ɸ ⟨f⟩ | f | s | | h |
| Approximant | w | | l | | |
