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Foi

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: foi

Population  2,800 (1980 UBS).
Region  South Highlands Province, east and south of Lake Kutubu and Mubi River.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 9, reference number 406
Alternate names   Foe, Mubi River
Dialects  Ifigi, Kafa, Kutubu, Mubi.
Classification  Trans-New Guinea, East Kutubu
Language development  NT: 1978.
Writing system  Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 2001. "Kutubuan (Foe and Fasu) and proto Engan."

REESINK, Gerard P., author. 1992. Review of: The empty place: poetry, space, and being among the Foi of Papua New Guinea, by James F. Weiner.