The Awyu languages are a cluster of
Papuan languages
The Papuan languages are the non- Austronesian and non- Australian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands, by around 4 million people. It is a strictly geogr ...
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
** Lower Kia River Awyu
** Upper Kia River Awyu
*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
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Languages of Indonesia
Greater Awyu languages