Awin language
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| Aekyom | |
|---|---|
| Awin | |
| Region | Kiunga District, Western (Fly) Province, Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | (20,000 cited 2000)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | awi |
| Glottolog | aeky1238 |
Aekyom (Akium), also known as Awin (Aiwin), is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea.
Phonology
[edit]The following table details the consonants of Aekyom.[2]
Consonants
[edit]Vowels
[edit]| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Open | æ | a |
References
[edit]- ↑ Aekyom at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ↑ Edgar Suter & Timothy Usher, 2017, 'The Kamula–Elevala Language Family', Language & Linguistics in Melanesia, vol. 25.
