| Rawa | |
| Nativename: | Karo |
| States: | Papua New Guinea |
| Region: | Morobe Province |
| Date: | 1998 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Papuan |
| Fam1: | Trans–New Guinea |
| Fam2: | Finisterre–Huon |
| Fam3: | Finisterre |
| Fam4: | Gusap–Mot |
| Iso3: | rwo |
| Glotto: | rawa1267 |
| Glottorefname: | Rawa |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| Plosive | voiceless | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| aspirated | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| prenasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| Fricative | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Rhotic | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| Approximant | lateral | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| central | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| High-mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Low-mid | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| Low | pronounced as /link/ |