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Uare
Kwale
Region	Rigo Inland Rural LLG, Central Province, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers	1,300 (2004)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Kwalean Humene–Uare Uare
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ksj
Glottolog	uare1241

Uare, or Kwale, is a language of Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Garihe (Garia) and Uare proper (Kwale, Kware). It is spoken in Rigo Inland Rural LLG, Central Province, Papua New Guinea.

Phonology

Consonants

	Labial	Alveolar	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	ˀb	tʰ ˀd	kʰ ˀg	ʔ
Fricative	f v	ɕ ʑ	ɣ	h
Nasal	m	n
Trill		r

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Mid	e		o
Low		a

• /i u/ are nasalized following /h/ and before any nasal, velar, or glottal plosive.

Additionally, the following diphthongs have been observed: /iu/, /ei/, /ai/, /oi/, /ui/, /ae/, /oe/, /ao/, /eu/, /au/, /ou/.

External links

• OLAC resources in and about the Uare language Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
• Paradisec has two collections that include Kwale language materials including Arthur Cappell's (AC1) and Tom Dutton's (TD1).
• Rosetta Project: Uare Swadesh List