Asụsụ Tawala

Tawala bụ asụsụ oke osimiri nke Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea . Ndị mmadụ 20,000 bi n'ime ime obodo na obere obodo dị na East Cape Peninsula, n'ikpere mmiri nke Milne Bay na n'akụkụ agwaetiti Sideia na Basilaki na-asụ ya. Enwere ihe dị ka ebe ndị isi obodo 40 nke ọ bụla na-asụ otu olumba, ọ bụ ezie na site na usoro ịchịisi ụfọdụ ụlọ ọrụ enwetala aha ọma karịa ndị ọzọ.

fonology

Tawala nwere ngwa ngwa consonant nke consonants iri na iteghete, nkezi ụdaume ụdaume nke ụdaume ise, yana kwa nkezi consonant-ụdaume nke atọ.

Consonants

Consonants Tawala

	Labial	Alveolar	Retroflex	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	p b	t d		k g	ʔ
Plosive nke a na-akpọ aha	pʷ bʷ			kʷ ɡʷ
imi	m	n
Imi agbaji	mʷ
Nke na-ese okwu		s			h
Odika		j	ɭ	w

/j/ may have a fricative quality [z] when between low vowels.

Udaume

Ụdaume Tawala

	N'ihu	Central	Azu
Elu	i		u
N'etiti	e		o
Dị ala		a

/a/ can be fronted before /u/ as [æ] in a stressed syllable.

Syntax

Nkebiokwu na-abụghị okwu

Tawala, dị ka ọtụtụ asụsụ Austronesia, na-eji ihe owuwu na nkebiokwu anaghị ekwu okwu eme ihe ugboro ugboro. Nke a pụtara na ahịrịokwu enweghị ngwaa, ọ bụghị ahịrịokwu na-ekwughị okwu. N'ọnọdụ ndị a, ngwaa na-apụta naanị site na isiokwu, ihe, na gburugburu. Ndị na-esonụ bụ ihe atụ dị mfe di na nwunye nke nkebi ahịrịokwu ndị na-abụghị okwu ọnụ: na ihe niile enweghị copula ma ọ bụ ngwaa:   

Ihe ngosi

Enwere ihe ngosi atọ na Tawala. A na-emesi ike atọ ahụ ike okwu ụdị n'efu nke nwere ike ịrụ ọrụ dị ka nkọwa gbasara oghere, na abụọ nwekwara ike iji mee ihe ngosi ngosi. Haziri nke ọma na nnwere onwe nke iji ha eme ihe, ha na-emekarị ka ọ bụrụ naanị okwu n'ahịrịokwu na-abụghị ọnụ.

Onye	Nọmba
	Otu	Ọtụtụ
1 INC	-u/we	-ta
1 EXCL		-yai
2	-m	-mi
3	-na	-hi

Ọmụmaatụ: Ihe atụ na-esonụ na-egosi ojiji e ji ụfọdụ nnochiaha onwe ndị a dị n'elu mee ihe n'okwu gbara ya gburugburu.  

Ntụaka

suffixes inflectional. Ihe nrịbama ikpe na-ejikọta naanị na akụkụ ikpeazụ nke nkebiokwu aha, okwu ọ bụla n'ime nkebiokwu ahụ na-ewere akara