Awin language

Aekyom (Akium), also known as Awin (Aiwin) is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea.

Aekyom
Awin
RegionKiunga District, Western (Fly) Province, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers
20,000 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3awi
Glottologaeky1238

Phonology

The following table details the consonants of Aekyom.[2]

Consonant
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
Close i u
Mid e o
Open æ a

References
  1. Aekyom at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) closed access
  2. Edgar Suter & Timothy Usher, 2017, 'The Kamula–Elevala Language Family', Language & Linguistics in Melanesia, vol. 25.


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