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South Pauwasi languages
Language family of New Guinea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The South Pauwasi languages are a likely small language family of New Guinea, potentially consisting of Yetfa, Kimki, Lepki, Murkim and Kembra.[1]
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Classification
Usher (2020) classifies the languages as follows,[1]
- Yetfa – South Pauwasi River
The relationship of the five languages was recognized in the early 2000s as Paul Whitehouse assembled unpublished data from the Summer Institute of Linguistics. Usher classifies them as a branch of the Pauwasi language family.[1] Søren Wichmann (2013) agrees that Murkim and Lepki at least appear to be very closely related.[2] Foley (2018) accepts that Kembra, which is very poorly attested, may be related as well.[3]
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Cognates
Some cognates connecting the languages are as follows. There are also loanwords in common with Pyu.[1]
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