Awara

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639: awx
Population: 1,800 (Quigley and Quigley 2011), increasing. 630 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 1,800 (Quigley and Quigley 2011).
Location:: Morobe province: Lae district, near the Wantoat [wnc] language area.
Language Status: 5 (Developing).
Classification: Trans-New Guinea, Finisterre-Huon, Finisterre, Wantoat
Dialects: Some dialect variation. Wantoat [wnc], Wapu dialect of Wantoat, and Awara are part of a chain of related varieties, with Awara at the western end. Lexical similarity: 60%–70% with Wantoat [wnc] and Wapu dialect of Wantoat.
Typology: SOV.
Language Use: Vigorous. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Most also use Tok Pisin [tpi]. Also use Wantoat [wnc], but mostly passively.
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 30%. Children’s literacy schools. Literature. Bible portions: 2011.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Awara
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Morobe province: Lae district, near the Wantoat [wnc] language area.