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]
Phonology
In Hamtai, there are 14 consonants, 7 vowels, and two tones (rising and falling).
Vowels
Consonants
References
- ^ a b Hamtai at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ "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.
