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Where is Avau spoken?

Avau is an Austronesian language, spoken in Papua New Guinea. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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Language families (largest ten)

  • Atlantic-Congo
  • Austronesian
  • Sino-Tibetan
  • Indo-European
  • Afro-Asiatic
  • Nuclear Trans New Guinea
  • Otomanguean
  • Austroasiatic
  • Tai-Kadai
  • Pama-Nyungan

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Where Avau is spoken

Avau is spoken in one country: Papua New Guinea.

Country
Papua New Guinea

Avau has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak Avau?

Wikidata holds no speaker count for this language.

Status: Not endangered. Glottolog lists it as not endangered: it is still being passed on to children.

Where Avau sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies Avau as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.

  1. Austronesian
  2. Malayo-Polynesian
  3. Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
  4. Oceanic
  5. Western Oceanic linkage
  6. North New Guinea linkage
  7. Ngero-Vitiaz linkage
  8. Vitiaz linkage
  9. Southwest New Britain linkage
  10. Arawe-Pasismanua
  11. Arawe
  12. East Arawe
  13. Avau

Related languages

Other languages in the East Arawe group:

More about Avau

Codes: ISO 639-3 avb, Glottolog avau1237. Glottolog macroarea: Papunesia.

Questions about Avau

Where is Avau spoken?

Avau is spoken in Papua New Guinea. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

Which language family is Avau in?

Glottolog places Avau in the Austronesian family, in the branch Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic linkage, North New Guinea linkage, Ngero-Vitiaz linkage, Vitiaz linkage, Southwest New Britain linkage, Arawe-Pasismanua, Arawe and East Arawe.

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