Pahoturi languages

Pahoturi
Paho River
Geographic
distribution		Pahoturi River, New Guinea
Linguistic classificationTrans-Fly or independent language family
  • Pahoturi
Subdivisions
Language codes
Glottologpaho1240
Map: The Pahoturi languages of New Guinea

The Pahoturi River languages are a small family of Papuan languages spoken around the Pahoturi (Paho River). This family includes eight language varieties including Agöb (Dabu), Em,[1] Ende, Idan,[2] Idi, Idzuwe,[3] Kawam, and Taeme, which are spoken in the Pahoturi River area south of the Fly River, just west of the Eastern Trans-Fly languages. Idzuwe is no longer spoken. Ross (2005) tentatively includes them in the proposed Trans-Fly – Bulaka River family,[4] though more recent work has classified Pahoturi River as an independent family within the region.[5]

Some Pahoturi River speakers were originally hunter-gatherers, but have recently shifted to becoming gardeners.[5]: 649 

  1. ^ Lindsey, Kate (2017). "A first look at the Pahoturi River family". Austronesian and Papuan Languages and Linguistics Conference.
  2. ^ Scanlon, Catherine (2023). "Idan: a hidden language variety steps into the open (Pahoturi River family)". Current Trends in Papuan Linguistics II.
  3. ^ Lindsey, Kate; Schokkin, Dineke; Wu, Nairan (2022). "The Pahoturi River language family, with special reference to its verbal puzzles". Linguistic Typology.
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