Gwahatike language

Gwahatike
Gwahatike
Dahating
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Native speakers	1,600 (2003)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Finisterre–Huon Finisterre Warup Gwahatike; ; ; ;
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.^[1] As of 2003, it was spoken by 1570 people in Papua New Guinea.^[1] It is spoken in several villages located south of Saidor.^[2]

Phonology

Consonants^[3]
	Labial	Alveolar	Dorsal
Plosive	p b	t d	k g
Fricative	f	s	h
Nasal	m	n	ŋ
Approximant		r, l

A glottal plosive [ʔ] appears word-finally if the word ends with a short vowel.
/s/ and /n/ are palatalized [sʲ nʲ] before /i(ː)/.
/r/ is unvoiced [r̥] preceding /h/ or word-finally.

Vowels^[3]
	Front	Central	Back
High	i iː		u uː
Mid	e eː		o oː
Low		a aː

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Gwahatike at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ "The Dahating Language". Pacific Linguistics (23). Australian National University: 53. 1970.
^ ^a ^b Price, Dorothy (1989). Gwahatike Organised Phonology Data. SIL International.

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[e25-1] Gwahatike at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[PL-2] "The Dahating Language". Pacific Linguistics (23). Australian National University: 53. 1970.

[opd-3] Price, Dorothy (1989). Gwahatike Organised Phonology Data. SIL International.

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