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The Pauwasi languages are a likely family of Papuan languages, mostly in Indonesia. The best described Pauwasi language is Karkar, across the border in Papua New Guinea. ==Languages== * Pauwasi family * * Eastern Pauwasi branch: Yafi (Zorop), Emumu (Emem)–Karkar * * Western Pauwasi branch? * * *Dubu (Tebi) * * *Towei The languages are not close: though the Eastern languages are clearly related, Yafi and Emumu are only 25% lexically similar. Karkar-Yuri, long thought to be an isolate in Papua New Guinea, is clearly related and may actually form a dialect continuum with Emumu in Indonesia. On the other hand, the Western languages are so poorly attested that it is not certain that they are part of the Pauwasi family (or even related to each other), or if the common words are loans and they constitute a separate family or families, though a family connection appears likely.〔Harald Hammarström, 2010. (The status of the least documented language families in the world )〕 Only 1sg, 2sg, and 1pl pronouns are attested for any Indonesian language, and the proto-language cannot be reconstructed. Attested forms are: Yafi and Emumu are similar, and Dubu and Towei may share 1pl *numu, but there is not apparent connection between them. Dubu ''no'' and Yafi ''nam'' might reflect pTNG *na, and Towei ''ngo'' pTNG *ga ( *nga), and the plural pTNG *nu and *ni. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pauwasi languages」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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