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ISO 639-3 · awwaww
Sepik family

Awun

Awun is a language of the Yellow River branch (Sepik), spoken in Papua New Guinea.

6b · Threatened
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
aww
Glottocode
awun1245
Family
Sepik
Centre point
-3.81, 142.04
Wikipedia
6 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
2levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level

Facts

NameAwun
Also calledAwun language, Auwon language

Vitality

EGIDS 6b Threatened6b

Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Sepik to Awun

The branches above Awun, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

44Sepikfamily3Yellow RiverbranchawwAwunlanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Papua New Guinea630 languages in the index

Also spoken in Papua New Guinea

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationaltpiTok Pisinunclassified · 4.1 m1 · NationalenqEngaTrans–New Guinea · 230,0005 · DevelopinghmoHiri MotuAustronesian · 120,0003 · Wider CommunicationksdTolaiAustronesian · 81,0003 · Wider CommunicationmeuMotuAustronesian · 39,0005 · DevelopingazrAdzeraAustronesian · 30,0004 · EducationalsnpSianeunclassified · 29,0005 · DevelopingagdAgarabiunclassified · 27,0006a · VigorousgahAlekanoTrans–New Guinea · 25,0007 · Shifting