The Awyu languages are a cluster of Papuan languages in Indonesian New Guinea.
Awyu | |
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Geographic distribution | Digul watershed, New Guinea |
Linguistic classification | Trans–New Guinea
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Glottolog | awyu1264 |
They number between five (bold below) and eleven, depending on one's criteria for a 'language':[1]
- South Awyu
- Bamgi River Awyu (Oser, Jénimu/Yenimu)
- Ia River Awyu (Sjìagha/Shiaxa)
- Southeast Awyu (Jair)
- Central and West Awyu
- North Awyu
- Central Awyu
- Mappi River Awyu (Aghu)
- Pasue River Awyu
- West Awyu
- Wildeman River Awyu (Pisà)
- Asue River Awyu
- Miaro River Awyu
- Kewet River Awyu
(The placement and diversity of North Awyu is uncertain, due to lack of data.)
Further reading
- Lebold, Randy, Ronald Kriens and Yunita Susanto. 2013. A Report on the Bamgi, Kia, and Lower Digul River Language Survey in Papua, Indonesia. SIL International.
- Susanto, Yunita. 2004. Report on the Mapi River Survey South Coast of Irian Jaya. SIL International.
References
External links
- Shiaxa at the Awyu–Ndumut research group at VU University Amsterdam: [1]
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