Shiaxa language
Shiaxa and Yenimu, 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,
- Bamgi River Awyu
- Ia River Awyu
Phonology
- Word-initial voiced stops /b, d, ɡ/ may have prenasalized allophones when the preceding word within a sentence ends in a vowel.
- /s/ may have an allophone of when preceding /i/, and may also have an affricate allophone in word-initial positions.
- /x/ may be voiced as in intervocalic positions.
- /n/ when in word-final position, may nasalize a preceding vowel .
- In the Yenimu dialect, /ɾ/ may also have lateral allophones as or .
| Front | Central | Back | |
| High | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Low | a |