Kaure–Kapori is an obsolete
language-classification proposal that linked two
language families
A language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ''ancestral language'' or ''parental language'', called the proto-language of that family. The term "family" reflects the tree model of language origination in his ...
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Kapauri–Sause languages
The Kapauri–Sause (Kapori–Sause) languages form a small language family spoken along the middle Taritatu River in the Jayapura Regency of Papua, Indonesia. They are two languages, Kapauri (Kapori) and Sause, which are not particularly c ...
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Kaure–Kosare languages
The Kaure–Kosare or Nawa River languages are a small family spoken along the Nawa River
Nawa may refer to:
* Nawa, Rajasthan, a city and Tehsil in Nagaur district in the Indian State of Rajasthan
* Nawa District, a district in Ghazni Provin ...
Despite a history of linking these two families, there is no evidence for any particular connection.
[New Guinea World, Nawa River]
/ref> Foley (2018) considers the evidence linking Kaure with Kapauri to be insufficient, and considers Kapauri to be an isolate.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaure-Kapori languages
Languages of Indonesia
Proposed language families
Papuan languages