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ISO 639-3 · yiryir
Trans–New Guinea family

North Awyu

bahasa Awyu utara

North Awyu is a language of the Awyu branch (Trans–New Guinea), spoken in Indonesia.

6b · Threatened
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
yir
Glottocode
nort2918
Wikipedia
3 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
4levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level

Facts

NameNorth Awyu · bahasa Awyu utara
Also calledNorth Awyu 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 Trans–New Guinea to North Awyu

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

212Trans–New Guineafamily31Central and South New Guineabranch31Awyu-Okbranch10AwyubranchyirNorth Awyulanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Indonesia691 languages in the index

Also spoken in Indonesia

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalcmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 maraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafeindIndonesianAustronesian · 199 m1 · NationaljavJavaneseAustronesian · 84.3 m4 · EducationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialmsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · VigoroushakHakka ChineseSino-Tibetan · 48.2 m5 · Developing