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.[2] The language was unwritten until 2009.[3]
Hamtai | |
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Hamday | |
Kapau | |
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Morobe Province, Gulf Province |
Native speakers | 45,000 (1998)[1] |
Language family | Trans–New Guinea
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | hmt |
Glottolog | hamt1247 |
In Hamtai, there are 14 consonants, 7 vowels, and two tones (rising and falling).
Front | Central | Back | |
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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 | ||
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Nasal | m /m/ |
n /n/ |
ng /ŋ/ |
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Plosive | p /p/ |
t /t/ |
k /k/ |
k̥/q /q/ |
' /ʔ/ | ||
Approximant | voiced | y /j/ |
w /w/ |
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unvoiced | wh /w̥/ |
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Fricative | voiced | v /v/ |
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unvoiced | f /f/ |
h /h/ |
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