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Awara

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: awx

Population	1,870 (2007 census), increasing. 35% monolingual. Ethnic population: 1,865.
Region	Morobe Province, Lae District, near the Wantoat.
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 10, reference number 481
Dialects	Some dialect variation within Awara. Wantoat [wnc], Wapu dialect of Wantoat, and Awara are part of a language chain, with Awara at the western end. Lexical similarity: 60%–70% with Wantoat [wnc] and Wapu dialect of Wantoat.
Classification	Trans-New Guinea, Finisterre-Huon, Finisterre, Wantoat
Language use	Vigorous. All except community school. All ages. Positive attitude. Also use Tok Pisin [tpi]. Few also use Wantoat.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 30%. Children’s literacy schools.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SOV. Swidden agriculturalists: coffee.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

CAHILL, Michael, author. 2008. "Word games as experimental linguistics."  

QUIGLEY, Edward C., author. 2003. Awara phonology.  

QUIGLEY, Susan R., author. 2002. The Awara verbal system.