# Miani language

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Madang language spoken in Papua New Guinea

Miani Tani Native to Papua New Guinea Region Madang Province Ethnicity Rarin 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] Language family Trans–New Guinea? Madang Croisilles Northwest Adelbert Range Kaukombar Miani Language codes ISO 639-3 Either: 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 Glottolog mian1254 Miani (North) maia1253 Maiani (South)

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

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-e18_1-0)** [Miani (North) includes Rarin, Simbine, Tamokot, Bedup and Kaukombar](https://www.ethnologue.com/18/language/pla/) at *[Ethnologue](/source/Ethnologue)* (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) [Maiani (South) includes Viab, Bobom, Waba, Aleswav, Giniwarav and many more in the interlands](https://www.ethnologue.com/18/language/tnh/) at *[Ethnologue](/source/Ethnologue)* (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Pick_2020_2-0)** Pick, Andrew (2020). [*A reconstruction of Proto-Northern Adelbert phonology and lexicon*](http://ling.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/PickDissertation.pdf) (PDF) (PhD dissertation). University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

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