Pawaia language

Pawaia
Pawaia
Region	Papua New Guinea
Native speakers	6,000 (2000)
Language family	Papuan Gulf ? Teberan–Pawaian Pawaia; ;
Dialects	Aurama (Turoha, Uri); Hauruha;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	pwa
Glottolog	pawa1255
ELP	Pawaia
	Map: The Pawaia language of New Guinea The Pawaia language Trans–New Guinea languages Other Papuan languages Austronesian languages Uninhabited

Pawaia, also known as Sira, Tudahwe, Yasa, is a Papuan language that forms a tentative independent branch of the Trans–New Guinea family in the classification of Malcolm Ross (2005).

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