Harshen Owa

Harshen Owa yana ɗaya daga cikin yarukan Tsibirin Solomon . Yana daga cikin yaren da ke ci gaba kamar Kahua, kuma yana da sunayen daban-daban na wannan yaren.

 Bayyanawa 
Owa memba ne na yarukan kudu maso gabashin Solomonic kuma ana magana da shi a kudancin tsibirin Makira da tsibirin Owaraha da Owariki a cikin tsibirin Solomon . An riga an kira shi Santa Ana, a ƙarƙashin sunan an buga littattafan Anglican da yawa na Cocin Lardin Melanesia a cikin wannan harshe daga 1938 zuwa yanzu.  [<span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2019)">citation needed</span>]

Harshen Owa, wanda aka fi sani da Kahua, yana ɗaya daga cikin kusan harsuna 70 da ake magana a Tsibirin Solomon. Owa tana da kusan masu magana 8,000 gabaɗaya, suna zaune a tsibirin Santa Anna, Santa Catalina, da Star Harbour na San Cristobal. Kowane wuri ya ƙunshi yare daban. Dukkanin wurare uku an rarraba su a ƙarƙashin lardin Makira, wanda shine gidan yaren Owa.

Owa yare ne na Tsakiyar Gabas ta Tsakiya kuma ana iya rarraba shi a matsayin reshe na iyalin Austronesia. Iyalin yaren Austronesian yana da girma kuma yana fadada daga Tsibirin Pacific zuwa Madagascar. Akwai kusan harsuna 60 na Austronesian da ake magana a Tsibirin Solomon.

 Fasahar sauti 
Harshen Owa ya ƙunshi alamomi goma sha tara, waɗanda aka rubuta ta amfani da haruffa ashirin. Daga cikin wadannan sautin goma sha tara, goma sha huɗu sune consonants kuma biyar sune vowels.

 Sautin da aka yi amfani da shi 
Za'a iya raba consonants zuwa nau'o'i daban-daban guda huɗu: labial (sauti da aka samar da leɓuna), alveolar (wanda aka samar da hakora na sama), velar (wanda ake samar da baya na harshe), da glottal (wanda aka haifar da glottis).
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Owa ya rarrabe batutuwa masu zuwa na magana: tsayawa mara murya, tsayawa mara sauti, vibrants, fricatives mara murya، fricatives mara sauti, hanci, da approximants. Kodayake akwai sassan velar, babu murya ko tashar alveolar. Koyaya, Owa yana nuna muryar murya [ɣ] maimakon muryar muryar muryoyi.

Bugu da ƙari, akwai ɓangarori masu tsawo waɗanda aka yi amfani da su don rarrabe ma'anar ma'ana, kamar yadda a cikin , ana amfani da su ne don nufin 'yes, na yarda.' 

 Sautin sautin 
Harshen Owa ya ƙunshi sautunan sauti 5, , an raba su cikin nau'o'i uku: gaba (), tsakiya (), da baya (). Ana amfani da dogon sautin da gajerun sautin don rarrabe lokaci.
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Duk da yake ana iya sautin nasalized kafin sautin hanci, wannan nasalization ba phonemic ba ne.

 Damuwa 
Yawancin lokaci, ana jaddada syllable na biyu zuwa na ƙarshe a cikin harshen Owa, misali,  /ɐʊ . '' .  Amma a wasu lokuta ana jaddada syllable na antepenultimate (na uku zuwa na ƙarshe), kamar a  /ˈfɛ.nɛ/ ''. Koyaya, sanya damuwa ya dogara da mahallin, musamman inda yake a cikin jumla; sabili da haka, yana da wahala a hango hasashen tsarin damuwa a cikin Owa.