Kwale language

Kwalean language of Papua New Guinea
Uare
Kwale
RegionRigo Inland Rural LLG, Central Province, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers
1,300 (2004)[1]
Language family
Trans–New Guinea
  • Kwalean
    • Humene–Uare
      • Uare
Language codes
ISO 639-3ksj
Glottologuare1241

Uare, or Kwale, is a language of Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Garihe (Garia) and Uare proper (Kwale, Kware). It is spoken in Rigo Inland Rural LLG, Central Province, Papua New Guinea.[1]

Phonology

Consonants[2]
Labial Alveolar Velar Glottal
Plosive ˀb tʰ ˀd kʰ ˀg ʔ
Fricative f v ɕ ʑ ɣ h
Nasal m n
Trill r
Vowels[2]
Front Central Back
High i u
Mid e o
Low a
  • /i u/ are nasalized following /h/ and before any nasal, velar, or glottal plosive.

Additionally, the following diphthongs have been observed: /iu/, /ei/, /ai/, /oi/, /ui/, /ae/, /oe/, /ao/, /eu/, /au/, /ou/.

References

  1. ^ a b Uare at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ a b Kikkawa, Keiko (1999). Uare Organised Phonology Data. SIL International.

External links

  • OLAC resources in and about the Uare language Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  • Paradisec has two collections that include Kwale language materials including Arthur Cappell's (AC1) and Tom Dutton's (TD1).
  • Rosetta Project: Uare Swadesh List
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Papuan language families
(Palmer 2018 classification)
Trans-New Guinea
subgroups
Central Papua, Indonesia
Southeast Papua, Indonesia
Southwest Papua New Guinea
Central Papua New Guinea
Papuan Peninsula
Eastern Nusantara
families and isolatesBird's Head Peninsula
families and isolatesNorthern Western New Guinea
families and isolatesCentral Western New Guinea
families and isolatesSepik-Ramu basin
families and isolates
Torricelli subgroups
Sepik subgroups
Ramu subgroups
Gulf of Papua and southern New Guinea
families and isolatesBismarck Archipelago and Solomon Islands
families and isolatesRossel Island
isolateProposed groupingsProto-language


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