Hamtai language

Hamtai
Hamtai
Kapau
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Morobe Province, Gulf Province
Native speakers	(45,000 cited 1998)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Angan family Angan proper Group A Hamtai; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	hmt
Glottolog	hamt1247

Hamtai (Hamday) is the most populous of the Angan languages of Papua New Guinea. It is also known as Kamea (in Gulf Province), Kapau, and Watut. Dialects are Wenta, Howi, Pmasa’a, Hamtai proper, Kaintiba.

References

^ Hamtai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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