Waia language

Waia
Tabo
Region	New Guinea
Native speakers	3,000 (2002)
Language family	Trans-Fly – Bulaka River? Waia–Pahoturi Waia
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`knv`

Waia (Waya) or Tabo is a language of the proposed Trans-Fly – Bulaka River family in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea, just north of the Fly River delta.

References

List of primary language families

Isolates	Bangime Hadza Sandawe

Europe and Asia

Isolates	Basque Burushaski Elamite Kusunda Nihali Nivkh Sumerian Hruso? Miji? Miju? Puroik?

Sign languages	British French German Japanese Swedish Chinese Indian Arab Other sign languages

New Guinea
and the Pacific

Isolates	Abinomn Busa Kol Kuot Pyu Taiap Yalë Abun? Amberbaken? Hattam? Isirawa? Massep? Pawaia? Sulka? Waia?

Arnhem
Bunuban
Daly (four families)
Darwin
Garrwan
Iwaidjan
Jarrakan
Mirndi
Nyulnyulan
Pama–Nyungan
Tankic
Tasmanian (4 families?)
Worrorran
Yangmanic (Wardaman)

Isolates	Giimbiyu Marrgu Tiwi Wagiman

Isolates	Chimariko Haida Karuk Kutenai Siuslaw Takelma Timucua Waikuri Washo Yana Yuchi Zuni

Isolates	Cuitlatec Huave Seri Tarascan

Isolates (extant in 2000)	Aikana? Andoque? Camsa Candoshi Chimane Chiquitano Cofan? Fulniô Joti Irantxe? Itonama Karajá Krenak Leco Maku of Roraima Movima Mura-Pirahã Nukak? Ofayé Puinave Rikbaktsa Huaorani Trumai Urarina Warao Yamana Yuracare

See also

Families in bold are the largest. Families in italics have no living members.

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Last modified on 24 December 2012, at 20:56