Rawa language
{{Short description|Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea}}
{{Infobox language
|name = Rawa
|nativename = Karo
|states = Papua New Guinea
|region = Morobe Province
|speakers = {{sigfig|11,500|2}}
|date = 1998
|ref=e18
|familycolor = Papuan
|fam1 = Trans–New Guinea
|fam2 = Finisterre–Huon
|fam3 = Finisterre
|fam4 = Gusap–Mot
|iso3 = rwo
|glotto=rawa1267
|glottorefname=Rawa
}}
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.
Names
The alternate names for Rawa are Erawa, Erewa, Raua and Karo.{{Cite web |title=Glottolog 5.1 - Rawa |url=https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/rawa1267 |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=glottolog.org}}
Phonology
= Consonants =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="2" | |
| colspan="2" |Nasal
|{{IPA link|m}} |{{IPA link|n}} | |{{IPA link|ŋ}} | |
|---|
| rowspan="3" |Plosive
!voiceless |{{IPA link|p}} |{{IPA link|t}} | |{{IPA link|k}} | |
| aspirated
|{{IPA link|pʰ}} |{{IPA link|tʰ}} | |{{IPA link|kʰ}} | |
| prenasal
|{{IPA link|ᵐb}} |{{IPA link|ⁿd}} | |{{IPA link|ᵑɡ}} | |
| colspan="2" |Fricative
| |{{IPA link|s}} | | |{{IPA link|h}} |
| colspan="2" |Rhotic
| |{{IPA link|r}} | | | |
| rowspan="2" |Approximant
!lateral | |{{IPA link|l}} | | | |
| central
|{{IPA link|w}} | |{{IPA link|j}} | | |
- Voiceless stops /p, t, k/ are heard as voiced stops [b, d, ɡ] in the Karo dialect.{{Cite book |last=Toland |first=Norma & Donald |title=Reference grammar of the Karo/Rawa language |publisher=Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics |year=1991}}
= Vowels =
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{cite book|url=https://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/53/83/54/53835442917756430830952485295089738954/Rawa_ref_gram.pdf|title=Reference Grammar of the Karo/Rawa Language}}
{{Finisterre–Huon languages}}
Category:Languages of Morobe Province
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