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Awyu
Geographic distribution	Digul watershed, New Guinea
Linguistic classification	Trans–New Guinea Central West New Guinea Awyu–Ok Digul River (Greater Awyu) Awyu
Language codes
Glottolog	awyu1264

The Awyu languages are a cluster of Papuan languages in Indonesian New Guinea.

They number between five (bold below) and eleven, depending on one's criteria for a 'language':

• 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.

External links

• Shiaxa at the Awyu–Ndumut research group at VU University Amsterdam: