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Kaugel language

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Native to
  
Papua New Guinea

Glottolog
  
auag1234

Native speakers
  
77,000 (2000 census)

Region
  
Southern Highlands Province

Language family
  
Trans–New Guinea Chimbu–Wahgi Hagen Kaugel

ISO 639-3
  
Either: imo – Ibo Ugu (Imbo Ungu) ubu – Ubu Ugu (Umbu Ungu)

Kaugel (Gawigl) is one of the languages spoken in the Southern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea. Native speakers call the area on the Southern Highlands side of the Kaugel river 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.

References

Kaugel language Wikipedia