Shiaxa language

Shiaxa
	South Awyu
	Yenimu
Region	Papua, Indonesia
Native speakers	13,000 including Edera (2002)[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Greater Awyu Awyu–Dumut Awyu Shiaxa; ; ; ;
Dialects	Shiaxa; Yenimu;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	aws
Glottolog	sout2941[2]

Shiaxa (Sjiagha) and Yenimu (Jénimu, Oser), together known as South Awyu, are a Papuan language or languages of Papua, Indonesia. Whether they constitute one language or two depends on one's criteria for a 'language'. The two varieties are,[3]

Bamgi River Awyu (Oser, Yenimu/Jénimu)
Ia River Awyu (Shiaxa/Sjìagha)

References

Shiaxa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "South Awyu". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
New Guinea World - Awyu

External links

Shiaxa at the Awyu–Ndumut research group at VU University Amsterdam:

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[e18-1] Shiaxa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "South Awyu". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[3] New Guinea World - Awyu