West Pauwasi languages

The West Pauwasi languages are a likely 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 (or more than one family).^[1]

West Pauwasi
West Pauwasi River
Geographic distribution	Western New Guinea
Linguistic classification	Pauwasi West Pauwasi
Subdivisions	Tebi–Towei Namla–Tofanma Usku
Language codes
Glottolog	None

Languages

The languages are,^[2]

• Tebi–Towe (Wurm's West Pauwasi)
  • Tebi (Dubu)
  • Towei
• Namla–Tofanma
  • Namla
  • Tofanma
• Usku (Afra)

The three branches differ substantially from each other.