Hamap

HMU

threatened

Dialects: None known. Said to be intelligible with Adang ,, 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.

Genealogy:

Trans-New Guinea
West
Timor-Alor-Pantar
Alor-Pantar
Alor

Demographics: 900

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

Nation of Origin: Indonesia

Other Comments: Separate sociopolitical history from Adang. Christian.