Download coordinates as: Awtuw (Autu), also known as Kamnum, is spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.
It is a polysynthetic language closely related to Karawa and Pouye.
It is spoken in Galkutua, Gutaiya (3°33′56″S 142°00′06″E / 3.565508°S 142.001655°E / -3.565508; 142.001655 (Gutaiya)), Kamnom (3°33′09″S 141°59′39″E / 3.552454°S 141.994165°E / -3.552454; 141.994165 (Kamnom)), Tubum (3°34′03″S 142°00′13″E / 3.567408°S 142.003722°E / -3.567408; 142.003722 (Tubum)), and Wiup (3°33′14″S 141°59′04″E / 3.553766°S 141.9845°E / -3.553766; 141.9845 (Wiup)) villages in Kamnom East ward, East Wapei Rural LLG, Sandaun Province.
[1][2] It is an endangered language, being widely replaced by Tok Pisin.
[5] The suffixal chain contains recently grammaticalized suffixes encoding associated motion, aspect, benefactive, and various unusual categories such as celerative -imya 'quickly' as in (1) (grammaticalized from the verb imya 'run'),[6] simulative -panya 'pretend',[7] and periodic tense (adauroral -alw 'until dawn').