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 | |
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| West Pauwasi River | |
| Geographic distribution | Western New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification | Pauwasi |
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| Glottolog | None |
The languages are,[2]
The three branches differ substantially from each other.
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| Africa |
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| Eurasia (Europe and Asia) |
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| New Guinea and the Pacific |
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| Australia |
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| North America |
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| Mesoamerica |
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| South America |
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| Sign languages |
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