Foi language
Not to be confused with Iau 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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