Rawa (Erawa, Erewa, Raua) is one of the Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea. The two dialects, Rawa and Karo, are on opposite sides of the Finisterre Range.
| Rawa | |
|---|---|
| Karo | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Morobe Province |
Native speakers | (12,000 cited 1998)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | rwo |
| Glottolog | rawa1267 |
Phonology edit
Consonants edit
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ||
| aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | |||
| prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᵑɡ | |||
| Fricative | s | h | ||||
| Rhotic | r | |||||
| Approximant | lateral | l | ||||
| central | w | j | ||||
- Voiceless stops /p, t, k/ are heard as voiced stops [b, d, ɡ] in the Karo dialect.[2]
Vowels edit
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| High-mid | e | o | |
| Low-mid | ɔ | ||
| Low | a |
References edit
- ^ Rawa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Toland, Norma & Donald (1991). Reference grammar of the Karo/Rawa language. Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
External links edit
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