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Aneme Wake

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3aby

Population  650 (1990 SIL).
Region  Oro Province, Afore District, both sides of Owen Stanley Range; Central Province, north from Ianu along Foasi and Domara creeks.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 16, reference number 752
Alternate names   Abia, Abie
Dialects  Mori, Buniabura, Auwaka, Jari, Doma. Lexical similarity: 65%–73% with Moikodi [mkp] (most similar).
Classification  Trans-New Guinea, Southeast Papuan, Yareban
Language use  Also use Motu [meu] or Yareba [yrb].
Language development  NT: 1988.
Writing system  Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

WEIMER, Harry, author. 1992. Aneme Wake Organised Phonology Paper.  Available online