TheWalio languages are a smallfamily of clearly related languages,

Walio,Pei,Yawiyo, andTuwari.

However, they are not close: Walio and Yawiyo have only a 12% lexical similarity.^[1] They are frequently classified among theSepik languages of northernPapua New Guinea, thoughGlottolog leaves them out.Glottolog 3.4 classifies the Walio languages as an independent language family.

• Ross, Malcolm (2005). "Pronouns as a preliminary diagnostic for grouping Papuan languages". InAndrew 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.doi:10.15144/PL-572.ISBN 0858835622.OCLC 67292782.

• Walio languages
• Leonhard Schultze languages

• Language articles citing Ethnologue 16
• Articles with short description
• Short description matches Wikidata