Awera language

Awera
Native toIndonesia
RegionAwera village in Wapoga District, Waropen Regency, Papua
Native speakers
(70 cited 2000)
Lakes Plain
  • Wapoga
    • Awera
Language codes
ISO 639-3awr
Glottologawer1241
ELPAwera

Awera is a Lakes Plain language of Papua, Indonesia. It is spoken on the east side of Geelvink Bay, in the single village of Awera in Wapoga District, Waropen Regency, Papua. The village has a majority of Ansus (Austronesian) speakers.

References

  1. 1 2 Clouse, Duane A. (1997). "Towards a reconstruction and reclassification of the Lakes Plain languages of Irian Jaya". In Karl Franklin (ed.). Papers in Papuan linguistics no. 2 (PDF). Vol. A-85. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 133–236. ISBN 0858834421.
  2. ↑ Awera at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)