Shiaxa language

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Shiaxa
South Awyu
Yenimu
RegionPapua, Indonesia
Native speakers
13,000 including Edera[Ethn is broken again] (2002)[1]
Language family
Trans–New Guinea
Dialects
  • Shiaxa
  • Yenimu
Language codes
ISO 639-3aws
Glottologsout2941

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]

  • Awyu (Oser, Yenimu/Jénimu)
  • Awyu (Shiaxa/Sjìagha)

References[]

  1. ^ Shiaxa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ^ New Guinea World - Awyu

External links[]

  • Shiaxa at the Awyu–Ndumut research group at VU University Amsterdam: [1]


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