Moi is a
West Papuan language
The West Papuan languages are a proposed language family of about two dozen non-Austronesian languages of the Bird's Head Peninsula (Vogelkop or Doberai Peninsula) of far western New Guinea, the island of Halmahera and its vicinity, spoken by ab ...
of the
Bird's Head Peninsula
The Bird's Head Peninsula ( Indonesian: ''Kepala Burung'', nl, Vogelkop) or Doberai Peninsula (''Semenanjung Doberai''), is a large peninsula that makes up the northwest portion of the island of New Guinea, comprising the Indonesian provinces ...
of New Guinea.
Phonology
Consonants
”is in free variation with /k/ in word-final position.
Vowels
/i, u/ can also be heard as
ª, ÊŠ
References
Languages of western New Guinea
West Bird's Head languages
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