Miani language

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 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.