| Gwahatike | |
|---|---|
| Dahating | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Native speakers | 1,600 (2003) |
| Language family | Trans–New Guinea
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | dah |
| Glottolog | gwah1244 |
Gwahatike (also called Dahating or Gwatike) is a language generally classified in the Warup branch of the Finisterre family of Finisterre–Huon languages. As of 2003, it was spoken by 1570 people in Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in several villages located south of Saidor.
Phonology
| Labial | Alveolar | Dorsal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p b | t d | k g |
| Fricative | f | s | h |
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ |
| Approximant | r, l |
- A glottal plosive appears word-finally if the word ends with a short vowel.
- /s/ and /n/ are palatalized before /i(ː)/.
- /r/ is unvoiced preceding /h/ or word-finally.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i iː | u uː | |
| Mid | e eː | o oː | |
| Low | a aː |
References
- ^ Gwahatike at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- "The Dahating Language". Pacific Linguistics (23). Australian National University: 53. 1970.
- ^ Price, Dorothy (1989). Gwahatike Organised Phonology Data. SIL International.
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