Tirio languages

Tirio
Lower Fly River
Geographic distribution	New Guinea
Linguistic classification	Trans–New Guinea Tirio
Subdivisions	Baramu Tirio–Bitur–Were
Glottolog	tiri1259
Map: The Tirio languages of New Guinea   The Tirio languages   Other Trans–New Guinea languages   Other Papuan languages   Austronesian languages   Uninhabited

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:

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

Pronouns are only available for Tirio itself (Makayam).

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.