Alternate Names: Biaka
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 20% with nearby Kwomtari , based on 100 basic words; grammar vastly different in major features such as medial verbs and relative clauses.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 750 (2010 SIL).
Language Use: All children, except those in Amini, learn Nai first. All domains. All ages. Also use Tok Pisin [tpi].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 50%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. Poetry. New media. Dictionary. Bible portions: 2004.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea