HMT ISO 639-3
Hamtai
Hamtai Autonym
A language of Papua New Guinea
- ISO 639
- hmt
- Alternate Names
- Hamday, Kamea, Kapau, Watut, “Kukukuku” (pej.)
- Autonym
- Hamtai
- Population
- 45,000 (1998 T. Palmer). Ethnic population: 66,000 (2000 census).
- Location:
- Gulf province: Kukipi district, Tauri river inland east to Ladedamu river; Morobe province: Lae district, Kodama range into Bulolo-Watut divide, to Mount Grosse and north to Mount Taylor.
- Language Status
- 6b (Threatened).
- Classification
- Trans-New Guinea, Angan, Nuclear Angan
- Dialects
- Wenta, Howi, Pmasa’a, Hamtai, Kaintiba.
- Language Use
- Some young people, all adults. Also use English [eng] (Moretti 2006). Also use Tok Pisin [tpi], especially young people (Moretti 2006).
- Language Development
- Grammar. NT: 1974–2013.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Hamtai
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- ‘Kamea’ is used in Gulf Province.
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Gulf province: Kukipi district, Tauri river inland east to Ladedamu river; Morobe province: Lae district, Kodama range into Bulolo-Watut divide, to Mount Grosse and north to Mount Taylor.
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