Rawa | |
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Karo | |
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Morobe Province |
Native speakers | (12,000 cited 1998) [1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
rwo |
Glottolog |
rawa1267 |
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.
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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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 |
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i | u | |
High-mid | e | o | |
Low-mid | ɔ | ||
Low | a |