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Hamtai
	Hamday
	Kapau
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Morobe Province, Gulf Province
Native speakers	45,000 (1998)
Language family	Trans-New Guinea Angan Southeast Hamtai; ; ;
Dialects	Wenta; Howi; Pmasa'a; Hamtai Proper; Kaintiba;
Language codes
	hmt
Glottolog	hamt1247

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]

Phonology

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

Vowels

Table of vowels in Hamtai^[4]^[5]
	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	i	u
Close-mid	e		o
Open-mid			ä, aa
Open		a

Consonants

Table of consonant phonemes in Hamtai^[4]
		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal		m	n		ng
Plosive		p	t		k	k?/q	'
Approximant	voiced			y	w
Approximant	unvoiced				wh
Fricative	voiced	v
Fricative	unvoiced	f					h

References

^ Hamtai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
^ https://www.ethnologue.com/language/hmt
^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-46336355
^ ^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.

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[e18-1] Hamtai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[2] ttps://www.ethnologue.com/language/hmt

[3] ttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-46336355

[:0-4] Healy, Alan (1981). The Phonological Complexity of Kapau. Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics. p. 95.

[5] Oates, W.; Oates, L. (1968). Kapau pedagogical grammar. Canberra, Australia: The Australian National University. pp. 7-8.

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