Kiwaian languages
| Kiwaian | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Papua New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification | a primary language family |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | kiwa1251 |
Map: The Kiwaian languages of New Guinea
The Kiwaian languages
Trans–New Guinea languages
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
Uninhabited | |
The Kiwaian languages form a language family of New Guinea. They are a dialect cluster of half a dozen closely related languages. They are grammatically divergent from the Trans–New Guinea languages, and typically have singular, dual, trial, and plural pronouns.