Miniafia Oyan

AAI

developing

Alternate Names: Arifama-Miniafia, Miniafia-Arifama

Dialects: Arifama, Miniafia. Lexical similarity: 39% with Ubir ,.

Genealogy:

Austronesian

Malayo-Polynesian

Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

Oceanic

Western Oceanic

Papuan Tip

Nuclear

North Papuan Mainland-D’Entrecasteaux

Are-Taupota

Are

Demographics: 3,470 (2000).

Language Use: Also use English [eng] or neighboring languages. Also use Hiri Motu [hmo] or neighboring languages.

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 10%. NT: 2009.

Typology: SOV.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea