Hamtai (also called ''Hamday'' or ''Kapau'') is the most populous of the
Angan languages
The Angan or Kratke Range languages are a language family, family of the Trans–New Guinea languages in the classification of Malcolm Ross (linguist), Malcolm Ross. The Angan languages are clearly valid as a family. They were first identified ...
of
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...
. It is also known as Kamea, Kapau, and Watut. Dialects are Wenta, Howi, Pmasa’a, Hamtai proper, and Kaintiba.
[ The language was unwritten until 2009.]
Phonology
In Hamtai, there are 14 consonants, 7 vowels, and two tones (rising and falling).
Vowels
Consonants
References
Languages of Gulf Province
Languages of Morobe Province
Angan languages
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