Awtuw language

Awtuw
Region	Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers	510 (2003)^[1]
Language family	Sepik languages Ram Awtuw
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`kmn`
Glottolog	`awtu1239`^[2]

Awtuw (Autu), also known as Kamnum, is spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. It is a polysynthetic language closely related to Karawa and Pouye.

It is an endangered language, being widely replaced by Tok Pisin.

References

↑ Awtuw at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Awtuw". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Whitehead, Carl R. 1992. Review of: a grammar of Awtuw, by Harry Feldman.
Rosetta Project:Awtuw Swadesh List

Sepik languages

Upper Sepik

Wogamusin	Chenapian Wogamusin

Iwam	Amal May River Iwam Sepik Iwam

Other	Abau

Middle Sepik

Nukuma	Kwanga Kwoma Seim

Ndu	Abelam Boiken Burui Gaikundi Iatmul Keak Koiwat Kwasengen Manambu Ngala Sengo Sos Kundi Yelogu

Other	Yerakai

Sepik Hill

Sanio	Bikaru Hewa Niksek Piame Sanio

Bahinemo	Bisis Bitara Bahinemo Kapriman Mari Nigilu Sumariup Wagu Watakataui

Alamblak	Alamblak Kaningra

Papi	Papi Suarmin

Others

Walio	Pei Tuwari Walio Yawiyo

Ram	Awtuw Karawa Pouye

Tama	Ayi Kalou Mehek Pahi Pasi Yessan-Mayo

Yellow River	Ak Awun Namia

Other	Biksi-Yetfa

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