Kaugel language explained

Kaugel
Nativename:Kakoli
States:Papua New Guinea
Region:Southern Highlands Province
Coordinates:-6.1333°N 145°W
Date:2000 census
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Papuan
Fam1:Trans–New Guinea
Fam2:Chimbu–Wahgi
Fam3:Hagen
Lc1:imo
Ld1:Ibo Ugu (Imbo Ungu)
Lc2:ubu
Ld2:Ubu Ugu (Umbu Ungu)
Glotto:auag1234
Glottorefname:Aua–Gawil

Kaugel (Gawigl) is one of the languages spoken in the Southern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea. Native speakers call the area on the Southern Highlands side of the Kaugel River from the Western Highlands province home.

Dialects are Aua (Ibo Ugu, Imbo Ungu, Imbongu) and Gawil (Umbo Ungu, Kakoli).

Kaugel counts with a base-24 system in cycles of 4. The word for 4 is also the word for hand in reference to the four fingers.[1]

A translation of the New Testament was published in 1997 and is currently available online.[2]

Imbongu has a pandanus language used during karuka harvest.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Imbongu Ethnologue Entry. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition. SIL International. 24 January 2012.
  2. Web site: The Bible in Imbongu language. worldbibles.org. 24 January 2012.
  3. Book: Franklin . Karl J. . Stefaniw . Roman . Dutton . Tom . Culture change, language change - case studies from Melanesia . 1992 . Department of Linguistics Research School of Pacific Studies THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY . Canberra . 978-0858834118 . 0078-7558 . 1–6 . https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/145785/1/PL-C120.pdf . 25 October 2018 . en . The 'Pandanus Languages' of the Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea - a further report . Pacific Linguistics . C-120 . 260177442 . 10.15144/PL-C120.1.