| West Pauwasi | |
|---|---|
| West Pauwasi River | |
| Geographic distribution | Western New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification | Pauwasi
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| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
The West Pauwasi languages are a likely family of Papuan languages spoken on the Indonesian side of New Guinea. They may either form part of a larger Pauwasi language family along with the Eastern Pauwasi languages, or it they could form an independent language family (or more than one family).
Languages
The languages are,
The three branches differ substantially from each other.
References
- ^ 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. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
- ^ New Guinea World
External links
Wiktionary has word lists at Appendix:Pauwasi word lists