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Pauwasi languages

Pauwasi is a language family with 5 languages profiled on Glottosphere, spoken in Papunesia. The largest by number of speakers are Emumu, Karkar-Yuri, and Yafi. 5 of them are listed as endangered.

LanguageCountriesSpeakersStatus
EmumuIndonesia1,100Threatened
Karkar-YuriPapua New Guinea1,000Threatened
YafiIndonesia170Endangered
DubuIndonesia130Endangered
ToweiIndonesia115Endangered

Classification and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status: Endangered Languages Project. Only languages with a profile here are listed, so the family may have more members.