Asụsụ Pawaia

Pawaia, nke a makwaara dị ka Sira, Tudahwe, Yasa, bụ asụsụ Papuan nke na-etolite alaka ụlọ ọrụ Trans–New Guinea nwere onwe ya na nhazi nke Malcolm Ross (2005).

 Nkesa 
A na-asụ Pawaia na: 

 Chimbu Province : Karimui District
 Eastern Highlands Province : Lufa District na Okapa District, Lamari River
 Mpaghara Gulf : Baimuru Rural LLG, Osimiri Purari dị nso na Oroi 

 Nhazi 
Agbanyeghị na Pawaia nwere ntụgharị okwu proto-Trans–New Guinea, Ross na-ewere nsonye ya bụrụ ihe a na-enyo enyo na ihe akaebe dị. Usher ji asụsụ Teberan ekewa ya kama. N'ịchọpụta ihe akaebe na-ezughị ezu, Pawley na Hammarström (2018) na-ahapụ ya dị ka nke a na-akọwaghị kama ịbụ akụkụ nke Trans-New Guinea. 

Pawley na Hammarström (2018) echeghị na e nwere ihe akaebe zuru oke maka Pawaia ka a na-ekewa ya dị ka akụkụ nke Trans-New Guinea, ọ bụ ezie na ha na-ahụ ihe ndị na-esonụ lexical yiri n'etiti Pawaia na proto-Trans-New Guinea . Pawley, Andrew; Hammarström, Harald (2018). "The Trans New Guinea family". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 21–196. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.

 emi 'breast' < *amu
 na 'osisi' <*inda
 su 'eze' <*(s,t)i(s,t)i

 fonology 
+Consonants Labial Alveolar Dorsal Plosive p t k Nke na-ese okwu s h imi m n Odika w l j
+Udaume N'ihu Central Azu Elu i ĩ u ũ N'etiti e ẽ o õ Dị ala a ã ɔ ɔ̃
Pawaia bụkwa tonal, na-emegide ụda dị elu na nke dị ala. 

 Okwu okwu 
Okwu okwu ndị a bụ isi sitere na Macdonald (1973)  na Trefry (1969),  dị ka ekwuru na nchekwa data Trans-New Guinea: 

 Ọgụgụ ọzọ 

 Trefry, David. 1969. Ọmụmụ ihe atụnyere Kuman na Pawaian . Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.

 Ntụaka 
Tudahwe, Yasa, bụ asụsụ Papuan nke na-etolite alaka ụlọ ọrụ Akwụkwọ