Awa
A language of Papua New Guinea
| Population | 2,050 (2003 SIL). |
| Region | Eastern Highlands Province, Okapa and Kainantu districts. |
| Language map |
Papua New Guinea, Map 10, reference number 455 |
| Alternate names | Mobuta |
| Dialects | Tauna, Ilakia, Northeast Awa, South Awa. |
| Classification | Trans-New Guinea, Kainantu-Goroka, Kainantu, Gadsup-Auyana-Awa |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 25%–50%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1974–1997. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | SOV. Peasant agriculturalists. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
Anonymous. 1992. Awa Organised Phonology Data.
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CAHILL, Michael, author. 2011. "Tonal Diversity in Languages of Papua New Guinea."
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LOVING, Aretta, author. 1962. "On learning monolingually."
LOVING, Aretta, author. Available: 2008; Created: 1965. Possessive prefixes which occur with obligatorily possessed Awa nouns.
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LOVING, Aretta; LOVING, Richard, authors. 1962. "A preliminary survey of Awa noun suffixes."
LOVING, Aretta; LOVING, Richard, compilers. 1975. Awa dictionary.
LOVING, Aretta; MCKAUGHAN, Howard P., authors. 1964. "Awa verbs part II: The internal structure of dependent verbs."
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LOVING, Richard, author. 1966. "Awa phonemes, tonemes, and tonally differentiated allomorphs."
LOVING, Richard, author. 1973. "An outline of Awa grammatical structures."
LOVING, Richard, author. 1973. "Awa kinship terminology and its use."
LOVING, Richard, author. 1973. "The dialects of Awa."
LOVING, Richard, author. 1974. "Notes on Awa kinship terminology."
LOVING, Richard, author. 1976. "Use of bamboo by the Awa."
LOVING, Richard; MCKAUGHAN, Howard P., authors. 1964. "Awa verbs part I: The internal structure of independent verbs."
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LOVING, Richard; MCKAUGHAN, Howard P., authors. 1974. "Awa."
MCELHANON, Kenneth A., editor. 1974. Legends from Papua New Guinea.
MCKAUGHAN, Howard P., compiler. 1973. "Awa texts."
SCOTT, Graham K., author. 1976. Review of: Awa dictionary, by Richard Loving and Aretta Loving, compilers.
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Vernacular Publications
Itene ménsámehnsá púkue. 1976.

