| Aekyom | |
|---|---|
| Awin | |
| Region | Kiunga District, Western (Fly) Province, Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | (20,000 cited 2000)1 |
Trans–New Guinea
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | awi |
| Glottolog | aeky1238 |
Aekyom (Akium), also known as Awin (Aiwin), is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea.
Phonology
The following table details the consonants of Aekyom.2
Consonants
Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal Nasal m n ŋ Plosive voiceless p t k aspirated pʰ tʰ kʰ voiced b d ɡ Fricative s h Approximant w ɺ j
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Open | æ | a |
References
References
- Aekyom at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- Edgar Suter & Timothy Usher, 2017, 'The Kamula–Elevala Language Family', Language & Linguistics in Melanesia, vol. 25.