Pawaia language

Pawaia
Region	Papua New Guinea
Native speakers	4,000 (1991)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea ? Pawaia
Dialects	Aurama (Turoha, Uri) Hauruha
Language codes
ISO 639-3	pwa
Glottolog	pawa1255
Map: The Pawaia language of New Guinea   The Pawaia language   Other Trans–New Guinea languages   Other Papuan languages   Austronesian languages   Uninhabited

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. Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 15–66. ISBN 0858835622. OCLC 67292782.