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Awin language

{{Short description|Papuan language of Papua New Guinea}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Aekyom

|nativename={{lang|awi|Awin}}

|region=Kiunga District, Western (Fly) Province, Papua New Guinea

|speakers={{sigfig|21,100|1}}

|date=2000

|ref = e25

|familycolor=Papuan

|fam1=Trans–New Guinea

|fam2=Awin–Pa

|iso3=awi

|glotto=aeky1238

|glottorefname=Aekyom

}}

Aekyom (Akium), also known as Awin (Aiwin), is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea.

Phonology

The following table details the consonants of Aekyom.Edgar Suter & Timothy Usher, 2017, 'The Kamula–Elevala Language Family', Language & Linguistics in Melanesia, vol. 25.

=Consonants=

:

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colspan = "2" |

! Bilabial

! Alveolar

! Palatal

! Velar

! Glottal

colspan = "2" | Nasal

| {{IPAlink|m}}

| {{IPAlink|n}}

|

| {{IPAlink|ŋ}}

|

rowspan = "3" | Plosive

! {{small|voiceless}}

| {{IPAlink|p}}

| {{IPAlink|t}}

|

| {{IPAlink|k}}

|

{{small|aspirated}}

| {{IPAlink|pʰ}}

| {{IPAlink|tʰ}}

|

| {{IPAlink|kʰ}}

|

{{small|voiced}}

| {{IPAlink|b}}

| {{IPAlink|d}}

|

| {{IPAlink|ɡ}}

|

colspan = "2" | Fricative

|

| {{IPAlink|s}}

|

|

| {{IPAlink|h}}

colspan = "2" | Approximant

| {{IPAlink|w}}

| {{IPAlink|ɺ}}

| {{IPAlink|j}}

|

|

= Vowels =

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!

!Front

!Central

!Back

Close

|{{IPA link|i}}

|

|{{IPA link|u}}

Mid

|{{IPA link|e}}

|

|{{IPA link|o}}

Open

|{{IPA link|æ}}

|{{IPA link|a}}

|

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Papuan languages}}

{{Languages of Papua New Guinea}}

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Category:Awin–Pa languages

Category:Languages of Western Province (Papua New Guinea)

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