Pawaia language
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| Pawaia | |
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| Region | Papua New Guinea |
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Native speakers
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unknown (4,000 cited 1991)[1] |
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Trans–New Guinea ?
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| Dialects |
Aurama (Turoha, Uri)
Hauruha
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pwa |
| Glottolog | pawa1255[2] |
Map: The Pawaia language of New Guinea
The Pawaia language
Other Trans–New Guinea languages
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
Uninhabited
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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 (ed.). Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 15–66. ISBN 0858835622. OCLC 67292782.CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link) CS1 maint: extra text: editors list (link)<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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