AWB ISO 639-3
Awa
Ahwa Autonym
A language of Papua New Guinea
- ISO 639
- awb
- Alternate Names
- Mobuta
- Autonym
- Ahwa
- Population
- 2,050 (2003 SIL).
- Location:
- Eastern Highlands province: Kainantu and Okapa districts.
- 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].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Eastern Highlands province: Kainantu and Okapa districts.
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