Social:Arai–Samaia languages

Short description: Proposed language family of New Guinea

Arai–Samaia
Arai and Samaia Rivers
Geographic distribution	New Guinea
Subdivisions	Arai Pyu Samaia
Glottolog	None

Arai–Samaia is a language family of New Guinea, proposed by Timothy Usher, that includes the Arai (Left May) and Samaia (Amto–Musan) languages and the Pyu isolate.

• Arai and Samaia Rivers
  • Arai River
    • Ama
    • Nimo–Nakwi
    • Owiniga
    • West Arai River
  • Pyu
  • Samaia River
    • Amto
    • Musan

Further reading

• Conrad, R. and Dye, W. "Some Language Relationships in the Upper Sepik Region of Papua New Guinea". In Conrad, R., Dye, W., Thomson, N. and Bruce Jr., L. editors, Papers in New Guinea Linguistics No. 18. A-40:1-36. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1975. doi:10.15144/PL-A40.1