Foi language
| Foi | |
|---|---|
| Region | Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | (2,800 cited 1980)[1] |
|
East Kutubuan
| |
| 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:
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)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Foi". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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