Shiaxa | |
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South Awyu | |
Yenimu | |
Region | Papua, Indonesia |
Native speakers | 13,000 including Edera[ Ethn is broken again] (2002) [1] |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
aws |
Glottolog |
sout2941 |
Shiaxa (Sjiagha) and Yenimu (Jénimu, Oser), together known as South Awyu, are a Papuan language or languages of Papua, Indonesia. Whether they constitute one language or two depends on one's criteria for a 'language'. The two varieties are, [2]
Labial | Alveolar | Dorsal | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal | m | n | ||
Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k |
voiced | b | d | ɡ | |
Fricative | f | s | x | |
Tap | ɾ | |||
Glide | w | j |
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
High | i | u | |
Mid | e | o | |
Low | a |
Shiaxa | |
---|---|
South Awyu | |
Yenimu | |
Region | Papua, Indonesia |
Native speakers | 13,000 including Edera[ Ethn is broken again] (2002) [1] |
Dialects |
|
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
aws |
Glottolog |
sout2941 |
Shiaxa (Sjiagha) and Yenimu (Jénimu, Oser), together known as South Awyu, are a Papuan language or languages of Papua, Indonesia. Whether they constitute one language or two depends on one's criteria for a 'language'. The two varieties are, [2]
Labial | Alveolar | Dorsal | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal | m | n | ||
Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k |
voiced | b | d | ɡ | |
Fricative | f | s | x | |
Tap | ɾ | |||
Glide | w | j |
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
High | i | u | |
Mid | e | o | |
Low | a |