| Guhu-Samane | |
| Region: | Papua New Guinea |
| Speakers: | 13,000 |
| Date: | 2000 census |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Papuan |
| Fam1: | Trans–New Guinea |
| Fam2: | Binanderean |
| Iso3: | ghs |
| Glotto: | guhu1244 |
| Glottorefname: | Guhu-Samane |
| Dia1: | Sekare |
Guhu-Samane, also known as Bia, Mid-Waria, Muri, Paiawa, Tahari, is a divergent Trans–New Guinea language that is related to the Binanderean family in the classification of Malcolm Ross (2005).
The divergence of Guhu-Samane from other Binanderean languages may be due to extensive historical contact with Oceanic languages such as Numbami.[1]
Smallhorn (2011:131) gives the following dialects:
The dialect differences are principally lexical, but two voiced obstruents also show regular variants. The coronal obstruent is realized as /dz/ upriver in Bapi and Garaina, /d/ downriver to Asama, and /j/ farther downriver in Papua. The voiced bilabial is realized as /b/ inland but as /w/ at the coast (Sinaba and Paiawa) (Handman 2015:102).