Awara | |
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Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Morobe Province |
Ethnicity | 1,800 (2011)[1] |
Native speakers | 1,800 (2011)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | awx |
Glottolog | awar1248 |
Awara is one of the Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea. It is part of a dialect chain with Wantoat, but in only 60–70% lexically similar. There are around 1900 Awara speakers that live on the southern slopes of the Finisterre Range, they live along the east and west sides of Leron River basin.[2]