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Awtuw language

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Native speakers
  
510 (2003)

Glottolog
  
awtu1239

ISO 639-3
  
kmn

Region
  
Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea

Language family
  
Sepik languages Ram Awtuw

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 language Wikipedia