Hamap

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
hmu
User Population

900.

Location

East Nusa Tenggara province: Alor island, Moru town area, 2 villages in east Kalabahi bay.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Trans-New Guinea, West, Timor-Alor-Pantar, Alor-Pantar, Alor
Dialects

None known. Said to be intelligible with Adang [adn], but Adang speakers live on Bird’s Head area of Alor, while Hamap speakers live geographically separated from Adang speakers, across the bay. Structural and lexical differences with Adang.

Typology

Verb final, contrast between close and open, e; vowel-initial and glottal-initial words.

Language Use

Some young people, all adults.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Hamap
Other Comments

Separate sociopolitical history from Adang. Christian.