Hamtai_language

Hamtai language

Hamtai language

Angan language spoken in Papua New Guinea

Hamtai (also called Hamday or Kapau) is the most populous of the Angan languages of Papua 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]

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Phonology

In Hamtai, there are 14 consonants, 7 vowels, and two tones (rising and falling).

Vowels

More information Front, Central ...

Consonants

More information Labial, Alveolar ...

References

  1. [1]
    Hamtai at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. [2]
    "John Allen Chau: Do missionaries help or harm?". BBC News. 28 November 2018.
  3. [3]
    Healy, Alan (1981). The Phonological Complexity of Kapau. Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics. p. 95.
  4. [4]
    Oates, W.; Oates, L. (1968). Kapau pedagogical grammar. Canberra, Australia: The Australian National University. pp. 7–8.

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