Gwahatike language explained

Gwahatike
Nativename:	Dahating
States:	Papua New Guinea
Date:	2003
Ref:	e25
Familycolor:	Papuan
Fam1:	Trans–New Guinea
Fam2:	Finisterre–Huon
Fam3:	Finisterre
Fam4:	Warup
Iso3:	dah
Glotto:	gwah1244
Glottorefname:	Gwahatike

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.^[1]

Phonology

Consonants^[2] !!Labial!Alveolar!Dorsal

Plosive	pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Fricative	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/
Nasal	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/
Approximant		pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/

• 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!!Front!Central!Back

High	pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/		pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Mid	pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/		pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Low		pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/

Notes and References

1. The Dahating Language. Pacific Linguistics. Australian National University. 1970. 23. 53.
2. Price, Dorothy (1989). Gwahatike Organised Phonology Data. SIL International.