Arai–Samaia languages explained

Arai–Samaia
Also Known As:	Arai and Samaia Rivers
Region:	New Guinea
Familycolor:	Papuan
Child1:	Arai
Child2:	Pyu
Child3:	Samaia
Glotto:	none

Arai–Samaia is a language family of New Guinea, proposed by Timothy Usher, that includes the Arai (Left May) and Samaia (Amto–Musan) languages and the Pyu isolate.^[1]

• Arai and Samaia Rivers
  • Arai River
    • Ama
    • Nimo–Nakwi
    • Owiniga
    • West Arai River
  • Pyu
  • Samaia River
    • Amto
    • Musan

Further reading

• Conrad, R. and Dye, W. "Some Language Relationships in the Upper Sepik Region of Papua New Guinea". In Conrad, R., Dye, W., Thomson, N. and Bruce Jr., L. editors, Papers in New Guinea Linguistics No. 18. A-40:1-36. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1975.

Notes and References

1. https://sites.google.com/site/newguineaworld/families/arai-and-samaia-rivers NewGuineaWorld, Arai and Samaia Rivers