Walio languages
Sepik language family of Papua New Guinea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Walio languages are a small family of clearly related languages,
| Walio | |
|---|---|
| Central Leonhard Schultze River | |
| Geographic distribution | Sepik River basin, Papua New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification | Sepik
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| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | wali1264 |
However, they are not close: Walio and Yawiyo have only a 12% lexical similarity.[1] They are frequently classified among the Sepik languages of northern Papua New Guinea, though Glottolog leaves them out. Glottolog 3.4 classifies the Walio languages as an independent language family.
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