Kayagar languages

Kayagar
Geographic distribution:	New Guinea
Linguistic classification:	Trans–New Guinea Kayagar

Glottolog:	`kaya1327`^[1]
Map: The Kayagar languages of New Guinea The Kayagar languages Other Trans–New Guinea languages Other Papuan languages Austronesian languages Uninhabited

The Kayagar languages are a small family of three closely related Trans–New Guinea languages:

Atohwaim (Kaugat)
Kayagar (Kaygir), Tamagario,

Pronouns are:

	sg	pl
1	*na-ka	*ni-pi
2	*a-ka	*akani[-ka]
3	*e-ka

References

↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kayagar". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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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