Kwale language

Uare
Kwale
Region	Rigo 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 639-3	ksj
Glottolog	uare1241

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

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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

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1. Uare at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
2. Kikkawa, Keiko (1999). Uare Organised Phonology Data. SIL International.

External links

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• 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