The Pahoturi River languages are a small family of Papuan languages spoken around the Pahoturi, or Paho River, south of the Fly River and just west of the Eastern Trans-Fly languages. The family includes eight recorded varieties, Agob, Em, Ende, Idan, Idi, Idzuwe, Kawam and Taeme, of which Idzuwe is no longer spoken. Malcolm Ross tentatively included the family within a proposed Trans-Fly-Bulaka River grouping, though more recent work classifies Pahoturi River as independent; some of its speakers were originally hunter-gatherers who have since shifted toward gardening.
Facts
RegionSpoken in the Pahoturi River area south of the Fly River, Western Province, Papua New Guinea, just west of the Eastern Trans-Fly languages. 1 Proto-Language StatusNot reconstructed as a proto-language. Ross (2005) tentatively grouped Pahoturi River with the proposed Trans-Fly-Bulaka River family; more recent work (Evans and colleagues, 2018) classifies it as an independent family. 1 Sources
1. Wikipedia: Pahoturi Languages (Family Article)
WikipediaLead section, first paragraph
which are spoken in the Pahoturi River area south of the Fly River, just west of the Eastern Trans-Fly languages
Classification section, second paragraph
Evans and colleagues (2018) classify the Pahoturi River languages as an independent language family.
View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.