Tirio languages

Tirio
Tirio
Lower Fly River
Geographic; distribution	New Guinea
Linguistic classification	Trans–New Guinea Anim (Fly River) Tirio; ;
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 Tirio languages have about 40% of their lexicon in common:

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

Baramu is somewhat more divergent in vocabulary, but this may reflect language contact rather than divergence in its position within the family. Pronouns are only available for Tirio itself (Makayam).

The moribund language Abom was once classified as a divergent Tirio language, sharing only an eighth of its lexicon with the others, but it turns out to not belong to the family at all, nor to the Anim family that Tirio is a branch of.^[2]

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.

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[1] New Guinea World, Fly River

[2] ttps://sites.google.com/site/newguineaworld/families/trans-new-guinea/fly-river/lower-fly-river

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