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ʼAuhelawa language

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ʼAuhelawa
Kurada
Native toMilne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea
RegionNuakata Island
Native speakers
950 (2015)[1]
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3kud
Glottologauhe1237
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ʼAuhelawa is an Austronesian language found in Nuakata Island and the southeastern tip of Normanby Island in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.[2] It was spoken by about 1,200 people in 1998, 30% of whom were monolingual in the language.[citation needed]

The literacy rate for first-language speakers is 85%, and is also 85% for second-language users. There are translated Bible portions into the language from 1986–1993.[citation needed]

ʼAuhelawa examples

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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.')

Phonology

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Vowels

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Vowels[3]
Front Back
High i u
Mid ɛ ɔ
Low a

Consonants

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Consonants[3]
Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
plain round plain round plain round
Nasal m n
Stop voiceless p t ʔ ʔʷ
voiced b d ɡ ɡʷ
Fricative β s h
Approximant w l j


Writing system

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ʼAuhelawa is written in the Latin script. About 85% of the population is literate.[citation needed]

Orthography[3]
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/

References

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  1. ^ ʼAuhelawa at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Lithgow, David (1992). "Language Change on Fergusson and Normanby Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea". In Dutton, Thomas Edward (ed.). Culture Change, Language Change: Case Studies from Melanesia. Pacific Linguistics Series C. Vol. 120. Australian National University. p. 40. doi:10.15144/PL-C120. ISBN 978-0-85883-411-8.
  3. ^ a b c "Organized Phonology Data: Auhelawa Language [KUD]". SIL International. 2004.