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Chuave language

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Chuave
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionChimbu Province and Eastern Highlands Province
Native speakers(26,000 cited 2000)
Language familyTrans–New Guinea
Language codes
ISO 639-3cjv
Glottologchua1250

Chuave is a Trans–New Guinea language of Chimbu Province and Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.

Chuave is spoken in Elimbari Rural LLG, Chuave District, and Lufa District, Eastern Highlands Province.

Phonology

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e o
Open ɑ

Consonants

Consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar
Nasal m n
Plosive b t d k g
Fricative f s
Tap ɾ
Approximant w j

References

  1. Chuave at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon

External links

Languages of Papua New Guinea
Official languages
Major Indigenous
languages
Other Papuan
languages
Angan
Awin–Pa
Binanderean
Bosavi
Chimbu–Wahgi
New Ireland
Duna–Pogaya
East Kutubuan
East Strickland
Engan
Eleman
Ok–Oksapmin
Teberan
Tirio
Turama–Kikorian
Larger families
Sign languages
Chimbu–Wahgi languages
Jimi
Wahgi
Chimbu
Hagen


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