Kamula–Elevala languages

Awin–Pa
Awin–Pare Kamula – Elevala River
Geographic distribution	New Guinea
Linguistic classification	Trans–New Guinea Central West New Guinea Awyu–Ok Awin–Pa
Subdivisions	Aekyowm (Awin) Pare (Pa) Kamula
Glottolog	awin1249
Map: The Awin–Pa languages of New Guinea   The Awin–Pa languages   Other Trans–New Guinea languages   Other Papuan languages   Austronesian languages   Uninhabited

The Awin–Pa or Awin–Pare languages are a small family of the Trans–New Guinea languages (TNG) in the classification of Malcolm Ross. Stephen Wurm (1975) added them to an expanded Central and South New Guinea branch of TNG, a position reversed by Ross (2005).

The languages are just three, Aekyowm (Awin), Pare (Pa) and Kamula. They are not obviously related to each other, but Aekyowm and Pare are closer to each other than to Kamula.

The pronouns appear to have been 1sg *nɔ, 2sg *ɡo, 3sg *yɔ. Awin and Pare share 2du *gi.

References

• Ross, Malcolm (2005). "Pronouns as a preliminary diagnostic for grouping Papuan languages". In Andrew Pawley; Robert Attenborough; Robin Hide; Jack Golson (eds.). Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 15–66. ISBN 0858835622. OCLC 67292782.