| ʼAuhelawa | |
|---|---|
| Kurada | |
| Native to | Milne Bay Province,Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Nuakata Island |
Native speakers | 950 (2015)[1] |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kud |
| Glottolog | auhe1237 |
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ʼAuhelawa is anAustronesian language found inNuakata Island and the southeastern tip ofNormanby Island inMilne Bay Province,Papua New Guinea.[2] It was spoken by about 1,200 people in 1998, 30% of whom weremonolingual in the language.[citation needed]
Theliteracy rate forfirst-language speakers is 85%, and is also 85% forsecond-language users. There are translatedBible portions into the language from 1986–1993.[citation needed]
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A:Auge, yauwedo. Haidova u lalau? ('My friend, hello. Where are you going?')
B:Ya lalau oyai. Yagu oya vauvauna ya tudai. Owa haidova u lau? ('I am going to the garden. I dig my new garden. Where did you go?')
A:Ya dobi gogowai yada bada ehebo ya ita. Teina gona sabate mata yana vada vauvauna ya abi. ('I went down to the village to see one of our uncles. Next week I will build his new house.')
B:Yau dova nuwanuwagu yada bada ya hagui. Ebe u dobi u vada abi, u lauma u vaigau ta dobi ta paihowa. ('I also want to help our uncle. When you go down to housebuild, you come and get me and we go down and work.')
A:Ausala. Mata ta itago. ('Good. We will see you.')
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i | u |
| Mid | ɛ | ɔ |
| Low | a | |
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | round | plain | round | plain | round | ||||
| Nasal | m | mʷ | n | ||||||
| Stop | voiceless | p | pʷ | t | ʔ | ʔʷ | |||
| voiced | b | bʷ | d | ɡ | ɡʷ | ||||
| Fricative | β | s | h | ||||||
| Approximant | w | l | j | ||||||
ʼAuhelawa is written in theLatin script. About 85% of the population isliterate.[citation needed]
| A a | B b | Bw bw | D d | E e | G g | Gw gw | H h | I i | K k | L l | M m | Mw mw |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| /a/ | /b/ | /bʷ/ | /d/ | /ɛ/ | /ɡ/ | /ɡʷ/ | /h/ | /i/ | /k/ | /l/ | /m/ | /mʷ/ |
| N n | O o | P p | Pw pw | S s | T t | U u | V v | W w | Y y | ʼ | ʼW ʼw | |
| /n/ | /ɔ/ | /p/ | /pʷ/ | /s/ | /t/ | /u/ | /β/ | /ɥ/ | /j/ | /ʔ/ | /ʔʷ/ |
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