Trans-Fly languages
{{Short description|Family of Papuan languages}}
{{Infobox language family
|name=Trans-Fly
|acceptance=proposed
|region=Papua New Guinea, Torres Strait Islands (Australia)
|familycolor=Papuan
|family = One of the world's primary language families
|child1=Eastern Trans-Fly
|child2=Pahoturi
|child3=Tabo
|glotto=none
|glottorefname=
}}
The Trans-Fly languages are a small family of Papuan languages proposed by Timothy Usher, that are spoken in the region of the Fly River.{{cite web |url=https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/families/east-trans-fly |title=East Trans Fly |website=newguineaworld |first1=Timothy |last1=Usher |first2=Edgar |last2=Suter}}The family is called 'East Trans-Fly' in Usher, an unfortunate synonym with what others call the Eastern Trans-Fly family, which constitutes one of its branches.
Languages
;Trans-Fly
- Eastern Trans-Fly (Oriomo Plateau)
- Pahoturi (Paho River)
- Waia (Tabo)
Typology
The inclusive vs. exclusive first-person pronoun distinction is found in the Pahoturi River and Oriomo families, as well as in the Western Torres Strait language, but not in other languages of Southern New Guinea.{{cite book |last=Evans |first=Nicholas |author-link=Nicholas Evans (linguist) |editor-last=Palmer |editor-first=Bill |date=2018 |title=The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide |chapter=The languages of Southern New Guinea |series=The World of Linguistics |volume=4 |location=Berlin |publisher=De Gruyter Mouton |pages=641–774 |isbn=978-3-11-028642-7}}