Awara language

Awara
Awara
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Morobe Province
Ethnicity	1,800 (2011)
Native speakers	1,800 (2011)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Finisterre–Huon Finisterre Wantoat Awara; ; ; ;
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.

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