| Hamtai | |
|---|---|
| Hamday | |
| Kapau | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Morobe Province,Gulf Province |
Native speakers | (45,000 cited 1998)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | hmt |
| Glottolog | hamt1247 |
Hamtai (also calledHamday orKapau) is the most populous of theAngan languages ofPapua New Guinea. It is also known as Kamea, Kapau, and Watut. Dialects are Wenta, Howi, Pmasa’a, Hamtai proper, and Kaintiba.[1] The language was unwritten until 2009.[2]
In Hamtai, there are 14 consonants, 7 vowels, and two tones (rising and falling).
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i /i/ | i /ɨ/ | u /u/ |
| Close-mid | e /e/ | o /o/ | |
| Open-mid | ä, aa /ʌ/ | ||
| Open | a /a/ |
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ng /ŋ/ | ||||
| Plosive | p /p/ | t /t/ | k /k/ | k̥/q /q/ | ' /ʔ/ | ||
| Approximant | voiced | y /j/ | w /w/ | ||||
| unvoiced | wh /w̥/ | ||||||
| Fricative | voiced | v /v/ | |||||
| unvoiced | f /f/ | h /h/ | |||||
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