| Also Known As: Kurada,'Urada,Nuakata
Description:
ʼAuhelawa is an Austronesian language spoken by about 1,200 people (as of 1998) in Nuakata Island and the southeastern tip of Normanby Island in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
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.)
/k/ occurs only in loanwords.
ʼAuhelawa is written in the Latin alphabet. About 85% of the population is literate...... full article at Wikipedia |
