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Miani, formerly Tani after a village name, is a Papuan language complex of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.[2] The northern and southern varieties, Miani and Maiani, are dialects in terms of vocabulary or pronunciation.

References

  1. ^ Miani (North) includes Rarin, Simbine, Tamokot, Bedup and Kaukombar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Maiani (South) includes Viab, Bobom, Waba, Aleswav, Giniwarav and many more in the interlands at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Pick, Andrew (2020). A reconstruction of Proto-Northern Adelbert phonology and lexicon (PDF) (PhD dissertation). University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.


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