Rawa language

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 toPapua New Guinea
RegionMorobe Province
Native speakers
(12,000 cited 1998)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3rwo
Glottolograwa1267

Phonology

Consonants
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
Front Central Back
High i u
High-mid e o
Low-mid ɔ
Low a

References
  1. Rawa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Toland, Norma & Donald (1991). Reference grammar of the Karo/Rawa language. Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics.


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