RAPOISI ( Kunua, Konua )

Spoken by 3,500 people in the inland villages of northwest Bougainville Island, Kunua District, Bougainville Province, Papua New Guinea.
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Linguistic Lineage for Rapoisi
Papua New Guinea

9. Ha iisio sa bisi hoo’uu-harebehe bisio,

‘Aitoko’opi, bira baiia Rubapi’e’uu,
uteeari sa baapa’ipita huku-hara’ohe,

10. Sa beru’ee’ue api’ure,
sa bo riirii’ara riopa-harehe,
iiboo bo korauaro, haia bisio
opita’oea Rubapi’e’uu.

11. Ueire ioka kita-haaruu bo ai’o’opi.

12. Oira iroropa-hararuu bo rogareero’opi,
bisio opita oira iroropa-hara’ioboroo o rogareeroo hura-
haraibaa iokare.

13. O koeruu ioka atorobuu rogaree iho’ihoroarei;
ha sa ioka poreruu roga’a paiaraareha bo rogaree
aitoko’oo.’

Source: “Rapaato Tarai’o a Ibi’ibireupa Maatiu Roiraareha Iesuu, Iho’ita” - The Good News Written by Matthew about Jesus, the Chosen One in the Rapoisi language (2003).
Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl – E-mail WKuhl44238@aol.com

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