The language can also be found under the forms Awety, Awetö, Aueto, Aueti, Auiti, Auití, Auetö, and similar variants.

The name of the language originates from the ethnonym [a'witi], by which the Awetí are known among neighboring groups. They call themselves [awi'tiza], with the Awetí collective suffix -za, and refer to their own language as [awi'tiza t?i'?inku], Awytyza ti'ingku (language of the Awetí).

In the writings of early German explorers, the name appears as "Auetö" or "Auetö." In these forms, the first [i], which

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