Hagahai | |
Nativename: | Pinai |
States: | Papua New Guinea |
Region: | Enga–Madang border |
Speakers: | 700 |
Date: | 2005 |
Ref: | e25 |
Familycolor: | Papuan |
Fam1: | Madang – Upper Yuat |
Fam2: | Upper Yuat |
Fam3: | Piawi |
Iso3: | pnn |
Glotto: | pina1252 |
Glottorefname: | Pinai-Hagahai |
Hagahai, also known as Pinai, is one of two languages of the Piawi family of New Guinea.
Speakers in Enga Province use the name Pinai for all Pinai-Hagahai speakers. Those in Madang use Hagahai, at least for themselves. Exonyms include Wapi and Miamia in Enga and Aramo in Haruai.
Dialects are divergent, but speakers have a common identity.
pronounced as /æ/ | pronounced as /b/ | pronounced as /d/ | pronounced as /e/ | pronounced as /ə/ | pronounced as /g/ | pronounced as /i/ | pronounced as /ɨ/ | pronounced as /dz/ | pronounced as /k/ | pronounced as /l/ | pronounced as /m/ | pronounced as /n/ | pronounced as /o/ | pronounced as /p/ | pronounced as /s/ | pronounced as /t/ | pronounced as /u/ | pronounced as /w/ | pronounced as /j/ | |||
Letters | a | ae | b | d | e | o | g | i | u | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | s | t | u | w | y |
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