Shiaxa (Sjiagha) and Yenimu (Jénimu, Oser), together known as South Awyu, are a

Papuan language 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 geogra ...

or languages of Papua,

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. Whether they constitute one language or two depends on one's criteria for a 'language'. The two varieties are,New Guinea World - Awyu
/ref> * Bamgi River Awyu (Oser, Yenimu/Jénimu) * Ia River Awyu (Shiaxa/Sjìagha)

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External links

*Shiaxa at the Awyu–Ndumut research group at VU University Amsterdam

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