Doutai language
| Doutai | |
|---|---|
| Taori-So | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Western New Guinea |
| Ethnicity | 340 (1993)[1] |
Native speakers | 70 (2000)[1] |
Lakes Plain
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tds |
| Glottolog | dout1240 |
| ELP | Doutai |
Doutai (Taori, Tolitai) is a Lakes Plain language of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. It is spoken in Toli-Dou village, located southwest of Taiyeve town.[2]
Phonology
Doutai, like Kirikiri, has the fricativized high vowels iʼ and uʼ. There are 7 vowels in all :[3]
iʼ uʼ i u e o a
References
- ^ a b Doutai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Indonesia languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
- ^ Foley, William A. (2018). "The languages of Northwest New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 433–568. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
