Tirio | |
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Geographic distribution: |
New Guinea |
Linguistic classification: |
Trans–New Guinea
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Subdivisions: | |
Glottolog: | tiri1259 |
Map: The Tirio languages of New Guinea
The Tirio languages
Other Trans–New Guinea languages
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
Uninhabited
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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:
Pronouns are only available for Tirio itself (Makayam).