Awin language
Papuan language of Papua New Guinea
Aekyom | |
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Awin | |
Region | Kiunga District, Western (Fly) Province, Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | 20,000 (2000)[1] |
Language family | Trans–New Guinea
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | awi |
Glottolog | aeky1238 |
Aekyom (Akium), also known as Awin (Aiwin), is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea.
Phonology
The following table details the consonants of Aekyom.[2]
Consonants
Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal Nasal m n ŋ Plosive voiceless p t k aspirated pʰ tʰ kʰ voiced b d ɡ Fricative s h Approximant w ɺ j
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Mid | e | o | |
Open | æ | a |
References
- ^ Aekyom at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Edgar Suter & Timothy Usher, 2017, 'The Kamula–Elevala Language Family', Language & Linguistics in Melanesia, vol. 25.
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Papuan language families
(Palmer 2018 classification)
(Palmer 2018 classification)
subgroups
Central Papua, Indonesia | |
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Southeast Papua, Indonesia | |
Southwest Papua New Guinea | |
Central Papua New Guinea | |
Papuan Peninsula |
families and isolates
families and isolates
families and isolates
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Torricelli subgroups | |
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Sepik subgroups | |
Ramu subgroups |
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families and isolates
families and isolates
isolate
- West Papuan
- Northwest Papuan
- South Pauwasi
- East Papuan
- Southeast Papuan
- Papuan Gulf
- Binanderean–Goilalan
- Arai–Samaia
- Asmat–Mombum
- Trans-Fly–Bulaka River
- Trans-Fly
- Dani–Kwerba
- East Bird's Head – Sentani
- Kwomtari–Fas
- Left May – Kwomtari
- Tor–Kwerba–Nimboran
- West Trans–New Guinea
- West Papuan Highlands
- Central and South New Guinea
- Central West New Guinea
- East New Guinea Highlands
- Yele – West New Britain
- Sepik–Ramu
- Indo-Pacific
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