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Doutai language

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Doutai
Taori-So
Native toIndonesia
RegionWestern New Guinea
Ethnicity340 (1993)[1]
Native speakers
70 (2000)[1]
Lakes Plain
  • Central
    • Doutai–Waritai?
      • Doutai
Language codes
ISO 639-3tds
Glottologdout1240
ELPDoutai

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

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Doutai, like Kirikiri, has the fricativized high vowels and . There are 7 vowels in all :[3]

i u
e o
a

References

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  1. ^ a b Doutai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Indonesia languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
  3. ^ 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.