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, language, hamtai, also, called, hamday, kapau, most, populous, angan, languages, papua, guinea, also, known, kamea, kapau, watut, dialects, wenta, howi, pmasa, hamtai, proper, kaintiba, language, unwritten, until, 2009, hamtaihamdaykapaunative, topapua. 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 HamtaiHamdayKapauNative toPapua New GuineaRegionMorobe Province Gulf ProvinceNative speakers 45 000 cited 1998 1 Language familyTrans New Guinea AnganSoutheastHamtaiDialectsWenta Howi Pmasa a Hamtai Proper KaintibaLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code hmt class extiw title iso639 3 hmt hmt a Glottologhamt1247 Contents 1 Phonology 1 1 Vowels 1 2 Consonants 2 ReferencesPhonology EditIn Hamtai there are 14 consonants 7 vowels and two tones rising and falling Vowels Edit Table of vowels in Hamtai 4 5 Front Central BackClose i i i ɨ u u Close mid e e o o Open mid a aa ʌ Open a a Consonants Edit Table of consonant phonemes in Hamtai 4 Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Uvular GlottalNasal m m n n ng ŋ Plosive p p t t k k k q q ʔ Approximant voiced y j w w unvoiced wh w Fricative voiced v v unvoiced f f h h References Edit Hamtai at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required Hamtai John Allen Chau Do missionaries help or harm BBC News 28 November 2018 a b Healy Alan 1981 The Phonological Complexity of Kapau Ukarumpa Summer Institute of Linguistics p 95 Oates W Oates L 1968 Kapau pedagogical grammar Canberra Australia The Australian National University pp 7 8 This Papuan languages related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hamtai language amp oldid 1056394355, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
