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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > Papua New Guinea > Aekyom

Aekyom

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3awi

Population  8,000 (1987 UBS).
Region  Western Province, Kiunga area.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 8, reference number 390
Alternate names   Aiwin, Akium, Awin, West Awin
Dialects  North Awin, South Awin, East Awin.
Classification  Trans-New Guinea, Awin-Pare
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: Below 5%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. NT: 1987.
Writing system  Latin script.