Social:Western Pauwasi languages

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Short description: Papuan language family
Western Pauwasi
Tebi–Towei
Geographic
distribution
Western New Guinea
Linguistic classificationPauwasi or independent language family
Subdivisions
  • Dubu
  • Towei
Glottologwest2611[1]

The Western Pauwasi languages are a 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.[2]

Western Pauwasi consists of the two languages Dubu (Tebi) and Towei, which diverge significantly from each other.[2]

References

  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Western Pauwasi". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/west2611. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". in Palmer, Bill. 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. 

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