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 �, ʊ

References

Languages of western New Guinea West Bird's Head languages {{Papuan-lang-stub