Awyi language

Not to be confused with Auye language.
This article is about language of Nyao people in Skanto District. For Nyao language in Arso Timur District, see Sangke language.
Awyi
Native toIndonesia
RegionPapua
Native speakers
350 (2000)[1]
Border
  • Upper Tami
    • Awyi
Language codes
ISO 639-3auw
Glottologawyi1241
ELPAwyi

Awyi (Awye, Nyao)[2] is a Papuan language of Indonesian Papua. It is spoken in Skanto District, Keerom Regency.

  1. ^ Awyi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Silzer, Peter J.; Clouse, Helja Heikkinen (1991). Index of Irian Jaya Languages 2nd edition (PDF). Jayapura: SIL & Uncen. p. 40.