Translation Services Cleveland – Language: ’Auhelawa
ISO 639-3:
kud
| Population | 1,200 (1998 SIL). 30% monolingual. |
| Region | Milne Bay Province, Normanby Island, Sehuleya District. |
| Language map | Papua New Guinea, Map 17, reference number 795 |
| Alternate names | ’Urada, Kurada, Nuakata, Ulada |
| Dialects | Lexical similarity: 52% with Duau [dva] (most similar). |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Papuan Tip, Nuclear, Suauic |
| Language use | Some also use Dobu [dob]. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 85%. Literacy rate in L2: 85%. Bible portions: 1986–1993. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | Agriculturalists: yams; fishermen. Christian, traditional religion. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
Author unknown. Available: 2004; Created: 1983?. Organised phonology data: Auhelawa language [KUD] Milne Bay Province. 
Lithgow, David R. 1995. “Reduplication for past actions in Auhelawa.”
Vernacular Publications
Talauvahili ʼalina Auhelawa. 1986.
Tula hedaheda vehabadi. 1988.
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