Awera language

Awera
Awera
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Awera village in Wapoga District, Waropen Regency, Papua
Native speakers	(70 cited 2000)
Language family	Lakes Plain Wapoga Awera; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	awr
Glottolog	awer1241
ELP	Awera

Last updated November 26, 2025

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^[1] in Wapoga District, Waropen Regency, Papua. The village has a majority of Ansus (Austronesian) speakers.

References

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.
↑ Awera at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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[Clouse-LakesPlain-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.

[e18-2] Awera at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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