Kaugel (Gawigl) is one of the languages spoken in the
Southern Highlands province of
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
. Native speakers call the area on the
Southern Highlands side of the
Kaugel River
The Kaugel River is a river in Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. With a total length of it is one of the major tributary of Purari River. Kaugel Riverin Geonames.org (cc-by) post updated 2013-05-07; database downloaded 2015-06-22
S ...
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.
A translation of the New Testament was published in 1997 and is currently available online.
Imbongu has a
pandanus language
A pandanus language is an elaborate avoidance language among several of the peoples of the eastern New Guinea Highlands, used when collecting ''Pandanus'' nuts.
Use
Annually, people camp in the forest to harvest and cook the nuts of karuka (both ...
used during
karuka
The karuka (''Pandanus julianettii'', also called karuka nut and ''Pandanus'' nut) is a species of tree in the family Pandanaceae and an important regional food crop in New Guinea. The nuts are more nutritious than coconuts, and are so popul ...
harvest.
References
External links
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Organised Phonology Data
Languages of Southern Highlands Province
Chimbu–Wahgi languages
Pandanus avoidance registers
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