The Awyu languages are a cluster of
Papuan languages
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in Indonesian New Guinea.
They number between five (bold below) and eleven, depending on one's criteria for a 'language':
New Guinea World - Awyu
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* South Awyu
** Bamgi River Awyu (Oser, Jénimu/Yenimu)
** Ia River Awyu (Sjìagha/Shiaxa)
*Southeast Awyu (Jair)
**Edera River Awyu
Edera or Edera River Awyu is a Papuan language of Papua, Indonesia
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**Lower Kia River Awyu
Kia River Awyu, or Jair (Djair), is a Papuan language of Papua, Indonesia
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**Upper Kia River Awyu
Kia River Awyu, or Jair (Djair), is a Papuan language of Papua, Indonesia
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*Central and West Awyu
**North Awyu
North Awyu is a Papuan language of Papua, Indonesia. Its exact position within the Awyu languages
The Awyu languages are a cluster of Papuan languages
The Papuan languages are the non- Austronesian and non- Australian languages spoken on t ...
**Central Awyu
Aghu, or Central Awyu, is a Papuan language of Papua, Indonesia
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*** Mappi River Awyu (Aghu)
*** Pasue River Awyu
**West Awyu
Pisa, also known as West Awyu and Asue Awyu, is an Awyu language of South Papua, Indonesia.
It may actually be three languages, depending on one's criteria for a 'language':
*West Awyu
**Wildeman River Awyu (Pisà)
** Asue River Awyu
*** Miaro ...
*** Awyu (Pisà)
*** Asue River Awyu
**** Miaro River Awyu
****Kewet River
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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
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Languages of Indonesia
Greater Awyu languages