Maiani language

Miani, formely Tani after a village name, is a Papuan language complex of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. The northern and southern varieties, Miani and Maiani, are dialects in terms of vocabulary or pronunciation.

Miani
Tani
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMadang Province
EthnicityRarin 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]
Trans–New Guinea?
  • Madang
    • Croisilles
      • Northwest Adelbert Range
        • Kaukombar
          • Miani
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
pla – Miani (North) includes Rarin, Simbine, Tamokot, Bedup and Kaukombar
tnh – Maiani (South) includes Viab, Bobom, Waba, Aleswav, Giniwarav and many more in the interlands
Glottologmian1254  Miani (North)[2]
maia1253  Miani (South)[3]

References
  1. Miani (North) includes Rarin, Simbine, Tamokot, Bedup and Kaukombar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Maiani (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). "Maiani". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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