East Pauwasi languages
The East Pauwasi languages are a family of Papuan languages spoken in north-central New Guinea, on both sides of the Indonesia-Papua New Guinea border. They may either form part of a larger Pauwasi language family along with the Western Pauwasi languages, or it they could form an independent language family.[2]
| East Pauwasi | |
|---|---|
| East Pauwasi River | |
| Geographic distribution | Western New Guinea, Papua New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification | Pauwasi |
| Subdivisions |
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| Glottolog | east2530[1] |
According to Timothy Usher, who identified the Karkar (Yuri) language as Pauwasi, the languages, which seem to form a dialect chain, are:[3]
- East Pauwasi River
References
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Eastern Pauwasi". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
- NewGuineaWorld
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