Doutai | |
Also Known As: | Taori-So |
States: | Indonesia |
Region: | Western New Guinea |
Ethnicity: | 340 (1993) |
Speakers: | 70 |
Date: | 2000 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Papuan |
Fam1: | Lakes Plain |
Fam2: | Central |
Fam3: | Doutai–Waritai? |
Iso3: | tds |
Glotto: | dout1240 |
Glottorefname: | 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.[1]
Doutai, like Kirikiri, has the fricativized high vowels iʼ and uʼ. There are 7 vowels in all :[2]
iʼ | uʼ | |
i | u | |
e | o | |
a |
Languages of the World
. 22nd . Eberhard . David M. . Simons . Gary F. . Fennig . Charles D. . 2019 . Dallas . SIL International.. William A. Foley . Palmer . Bill . 2018 . The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide . The languages of Northwest New Guinea . The World of Linguistics . 4 . Berlin . De Gruyter Mouton . 433–568 . 978-3-11-028642-7.