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Aekyom
Awin
Region	Kiunga District, Western (Fly) Province, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers	20,000 (2000)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Awin–Pa Aekyom
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.

		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

Aekyom at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Edgar Suter & Timothy Usher, 2017, 'The Kamula–Elevala Language Family', Language & Linguistics in Melanesia, vol. 25.

Central Papua, Indonesia	Ok-Oksapmin Dani Asmat-Kamoro Mek Paniai Lakes West Bomberai Somahai
Southeast Papua, Indonesia	Anim Greater Awyu Kayagaric Kolopom Marori
Southwest Papua New Guinea	Gogodala-Suki Turama-Kikori Kiwaian Awin-Pa
Central Papua New Guinea	Madang Finisterre-Huon Kainantu-Goroka Chimbu-Wahgi Enga-Kewa-Huli Bosavi East Strickland Kutubu Duna-Bogaya Wiru
Papuan Peninsula	Angan Greater Binanderean Dagan Mailuan Koiarian Goilalan Yareban Kwalean Manubaran

Eastern Nusantara
families and isolates

Bird's Head Peninsula
families and isolates

Northern Western New Guinea
families and isolates

Central Western New Guinea
families and isolates

Sepik-Ramu basin
families and isolates

Torricelli subgroups	Marienberg Arapesh Urim Maimai Wapei Palei One (West Wapei) Monumbo?
Sepik subgroups	Middle Sepik Ndu Nukuma Yellow River Yerakai Upper Sepik Wogamus Iwam Abau Sepik Hill Tama Ram Amal
Ramu subgroups	Lower Ramu Ottilien Misegian Middle Ramu Grass? Tamolan Ataitan (Tanggu)

Gulf of Papua and southern New Guinea
families and isolates

Proposed groupings

Official languages

Major Indigenous
languages

Other Papuan
languages

Angan	Akoye Angaataha Ankave Hamtai Kamasa Kawacha Menya Safeyoka Simbari Susuami Tainae Yagwoia Yipma
Awin–Pa	Awin Pa
Binanderean	Baruga Binandere Ewage Korafe Orokaiva Suena Yekora Zia
Bosavi	Aimele Beami Edolo Kaluli Kasua Onobasulu Sonia
Chimbu–Wahgi	Chuave Dom Golin Kandawo Kaugel Kuman Maring Melpa Narak Nii Nomane Salt-Yui Sinasina Tembagla Wahgi
New Ireland	Bilur Fanamaket Kandas Konomala Kuanua Label Niwer Mil Patpatar Ramoaaina Siar Sursurunga Warwar Feni
Duna–Pogaya	Duna Pogaya
East Kutubuan	Fasu Fiwaga Foi
East Strickland	Fembe Gobasi Konai Kubo Odoodee Samo
Engan	Angal Bisorio Enga Huli Ipili Kewa Kyaka Lembena Samberigi
Eleman	Kaki Ae Keoru Opao Orokolo Toaripi Tairuma
Ok–Oksapmin	Bimin Faiwol Mian Ngalum Ninggerum Oksapmin Setaman Suganga Telefol Tifal Urap Yonggom
Teberan	Dadibi Folopa
Tirio	Abom Baramu Bitur Tirio Were
Turama–Kikorian	Ikobi Omati Rumu
Larger families	Finisterre–Huon Kainantu–Goroka Madang Ramu–Lower Sepik Sepik Southeast Papuan Torricelli

Sign languages

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