Native to Papua New Guinea Native speakers 70 (2000) ISO 639-3 ppe | Region Sandaun Province Language family Sepik?
Papi?
Papi Glottolog papi1255 | |
Papi (Paupe) is an alleged Sepik language spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. Glottolog leaves it unclassified:
Typological arguments are not sufficient to conclude a Leonard Schultze family with Walio. The lexical evidence does not show any conclusive genetic relationship either, be it inside or outside Leon[h]ard Schultze, or with Duranmin (a higher figure (29%) of Papi–Duranmin lexicostatistical relations ... is superseded by later, below 10%, figures...).References
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