Moni, as given by

Ekari people The Mee (also Bunani Mee, Ekari, Ekagi, Kapauku, Tapiro) are a people in the Wissel Lakes area of Central Papua, Indonesia. They speak the Ekagi language. History According to the oral history of the Mee, their ancestor came from a place east of ...

, or Migani/Megani, as given by locals, also known as ''Djonggunu'', ''Jonggunu'', is a

Papuan language The Papuan languages are the non-Austronesian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands in Indonesia, Solomon Islands, and East Timor. It is a strictly geographical grouping, and does not imply a ...

spoken by about 20,000 people (1991) in the

Paniai lakes The Paniai Lakes, originally known as the Wissel Lakes, are the three large, freshwater lakes in Central Papua, Indonesia: Paniai, Tigi, and Tage. Lakes Paniai and Tage are located in the Paniai Regency, while Lake Tigi is located in Deiyai Regen ...

region of the Indonesian province of

Central Papua Central Papua, officially the Central Papua Province () is an Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province located in the central region of Western New Guinea. It was formally established on 25 July 2022 from the former eight western regencies of ...

. Majority of Moni language speakers live in Kemandoga valley. Awembak (Awembiak) is a dialect.

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* Paniai Lakes languages {{papuan-lang-stub