Teberan–Pawaian | |
Also Known As: | Tua River |
Region: | Tua River, Papua New Guinea |
Familycolor: | Papuan |
Fam1: | Papuan Gulf? |
Child1: | Teberan |
Child2: | Wiru |
Child3: | Pawaia |
Glotto: | none |
The Teberan–Pawaian languages, or Tua River languages, are a family of Papuan languages, established by Timothy Usher, that are spoken in the region of the Tua River. They are the Teberan languages and the Wiru and Pawaia isolates.[1] Teberan and Pawaian had previously been linked, along with the East Kutubuan languages, in Wurm's 1975 Trans-Murray branch of Trans–New Guinea.