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Tirio languages

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Geographic distribution
  
New Guinea

Glottolog
  
tiri1259

Tirio languages

Linguistic classification
  
Trans–New Guinea Tirio

Subdivisions
  
Abom Baramu Tirio–Bitur–Were

The Tirio languages are a family of Trans–New Guinea languages in the classification of Malcolm Ross. The moribund language Abom would appear to be the most divergent, sharing only an eighth of its lexicon with the others, which have about 40% in common:

  • Abom
  • Nuclear Tirio
  • Bitur (Mutum)
  • Tirio (Makayam, Aturu)
  • Were (Kiunum), Baramu

    • Pronouns are only available for Tirio itself (Makayam).

    References

    Tirio languages Wikipedia
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