Native to Indonesia Native speakers 120 (2000) Glottolog obok1239 | Region New Guinea ISO 639-3 afz | |
Language family Lakes Plain
Tariku
East Tariku
Aliki
Obokuitai–Eritai
Obokuitai | ||
Obokuitai (Obogwitai) is a Lakes Plain language of Papua, Indonesia. It is named after Obogwi village.
Contents
Obokuitai, Sikaritai, and Eritai constitute a dialect cluster.
Phonology
The following discussion is based on Jenison & Jenison (1991).
Unusual phonological features of Obokuitai and other Lakes Plain languages are the complete lack of nasals, even allophones, and a series of extra high or fricativized vowels that developed from loss of a following stop consonant.
Consonants
The small consonant inventory is typical of Lakes Plain languages.
Vowels
Obokuitai has five vowels.
Tone
Like the other Lakes Plain languages, Obokuitai is tonal. L, H, and HL pitch contours occur on monosyllabic words. A phonological analysis of the tone system remains to be completed.
References
Obokuitai language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA