| Pawaia | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Papua New Guinea |
| Native speakers | 4000 (1991) |
| Language family |
Trans–New Guinea ?
|
| Dialects |
Aurama (Turoha, Uri)
Hauruha
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pwa |
Pawaia, also known as Sira, Tudahwe, Yasa, is a Trans–New Guinea language that forms a tentative independent branch of that family in the classification of Malcolm Ross (2005). Although Pawaia has proto-Trans–New Guinea vocabulary, Ross considers its inclusion questionable on available evidence.