The Kamula–Elevala languages are a small family of the Trans–New Guinea languages spoken in the region of the Elevala River.

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Kamula–Elevala
Kamula–Elevala River
Geographic distribution	northern Western Province, Papua New Guinea
Linguistic classification	Trans–New Guinea Central West New Guinea Awyu–Ok[1] Kamula–Elevala
Proto-language	Proto-Kamula–Elevala
Subdivisions	Awin–Pa (Awin–Pare) Kamula
Glottolog	kamu1264
Map: The Awin–Pa–Kamula languages of New Guinea   The Awin–Pa and Kamula languages   Other Trans–New Guinea languages   Other Papuan languages   Austronesian languages   Uninhabited

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There are three languages, namely Aekyowm (Awin), Pare (Pa), and Kamula. They are not obviously related to each other, but Aekyowm and Pare are closer to each other than to Kamula.^[2]

• Kamula
• Awin–Pa (Elevala River)
  • Aekyowm (Awin)
  • Pare (Pa)

A more in-depth classification by Suter and Usher (2017) is as follows.^[2]

Kamula-Elevala family

• Kamula [1,100 speakers in 2000]
• Elevala (= Awin-Pare) family
  • Pa (= Pare, Ba, Debepare) [6,500 speakers in 2000]
  • Aekyom (= Awin, Akium) [21,100 speakers in 2000]
    • Northeastern (= Aekyom-Skai)
    • North Central
    • Southeastern (= Aekyom-Pare)
    • Western

Stephen Wurm (1975) added Awin and Pa to an expanded Central and South New Guinea branch of TNG, a position reversed by Ross (2005). The connection between Awin–Pa and Kamula was established by Suter & Usher.^[3]

The following basic vocabulary words are from McElhanon & Voorhoeve (1970),^[4] Shaw (1973),^[5] and Shaw (1986),^[6] as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:^[7]

Proposed Awin–Pa reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea (pTNG) etyma:^[8]

Aekyom language:

• kendoke ‘ear’ < *kand(e,i)k[V]
• khatike ‘leg’ < *k(a,o)
• ndok[V], kare ‘skin’ < *(ŋg,k)a(nd,t)apu
• di ‘firewood, fire’ < *inda

Pa language:

• keba ‘head’ < *kV(mb,p)(i,u)tu
• ama ‘mother < *am(a,i)
• di- ‘burn’ < *nj(a,e,i)