Awa

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
awb
Alternate Names
Mobuta
Autonym
Ahwa
User Population

2,050 (2003 SIL).

Location

Eastern Highlands province: Kainantu and Okapa districts.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification
Trans-New Guinea, Kainantu-Goroka, Kainantu, Gadsup-Auyana-Awa
Dialects

Tauna, Ilakia, Northeast Awa, South Awa.

Typology

SOV.

Language Use

Also use Tok Pisin [tpi].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 25%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Dictionary. Texts. NT: 1974–2002.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Awa
Writing

Latin script [Latn].