The Walio languages are a small
family
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of clearly related languages,
:
Walio,
Pei
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Places
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*Pei County (沛县), Jiangsu, China
*Pei Commandery (沛郡), a commandery in Chinese history
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*Pei, T ...
,
Yawiyo, and
Tuwari.
However, they are not close: Walio and Yawiyo have only a 12% lexical similarity.
They are frequently classified among the
Sepik languages
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of northern
Papua New Guinea
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, though ''
Glottolog'' leaves them out. ''
Glottolog'' 3.4 classifies the Walio languages as an independent language family.
References
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{{Sepik languages
Leonhard Schultze languages