Pawaia language
| Pawaia | |
|---|---|
| Region | Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | unknown (4,000 cited 1991)[1] |
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Trans–New Guinea ?
| |
| Dialects |
Aurama (Turoha, Uri)
Hauruha
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
pwa |
| Glottolog |
pawa1255[2] |
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Map: The Pawaia language of New Guinea
The Pawaia language
Other Trans–New Guinea languages
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
Uninhabited | |
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.
References
- Ross, Malcolm (2005). "Pronouns as a preliminary diagnostic for grouping Papuan languages". In Andrew Pawley, Robert Attenborough, Robin Hide, Jack Golson, eds. Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 15–66. ISBN 0858835622. OCLC 67292782.
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