Hamtai is a member of the Southeast Angan group of Trans-New-Guinea languages. It is spoken by about 45,000 people in Morobe and Gulf provinces in Papua New Guinea.
Hamtai is also known as Hamday, Kapau, Kamea or Watut. Dialects include Wenta, Howi, Pmasa'a, Hamtai proper and Kaintiba. A way to write it with the Latin script was devised in 2009.
Download an alphabet chart for Hamtai (Excel)
Ma, qatä'ä qi hetängoti anuwa iya natotm qonä'ä awa qima. Awa qimangmta hengoti awa qimanga qana ntata ti. Ita pata hetängoti inä mä'ä qätma. Ni muti mäma qamtanga. Ma, qhui tame'än. Ita ta täni'in? Fa'na awäka qhäimanga ti. Fa'na awäka ghäimanga hetä'ma muæwa imna. Nti wamnga qoä awa hetä'na ti'in.
The grass can stay. I'm going to cut down timber and work a fence. If I've worked well, he'll say, 'You did well'. When the food is cooked, I'll call you. I'd like to take some lemons. Yes, you can take some. Would you like to eat this food? The road is always wet. Because the road is always wet I won't go. Is it good ground where your garden is?
Source: Kapau Organised Phonology Data
Information about Hamtai language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamtai_language
https://mmol.org/palmer/hamtai-introduction/hamtai-culture/
http://www.language-archives.org/language/hmt
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/hmt
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Amele, Awara, Barai, Beami, Bimin, Binumarien, Blagar, Borong, Burum, Dadibi, Daga, Hamtai, Huli, Kanasi, Ketengban, Meriam Mir, Nobonob, Sawila, Tairoa, Teiwa, Wantoat
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