Tobati
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Tobati is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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Tobati, or Yotafa, is an Austronesian language within the Oceanic branch, from the Sarmi–Jayapura subfamily, in Jayapura bay in Papua province, Indonesia. Notably, Tobati displays a very rare object–subject–verb word order. It is spoken by the Tobati people.
Tobati was once thought to be a Papuan language because as recently as 1952, it had a characteristically Papuan subject–object–verb word order.
From Wikipedia · Tobati language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Tobati
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | hanas* | |
| eye | nientuk* | |
| ear | te5i* | |
| nose | suk* | |
| tooth | 5o* | |
| tongue | mene* | |
| hand | ye* | |
| blood | nen* | |
| bone | dehor* | |
| knee | yefau* | |
| breast | tutut* | |
| liver | pabaxi* | |
| water | nan* | |
| fire | aTari* | |
| sun | tap* | |
| star | endur* | |
| stone | at* | |
| mountain | moh* | |
| tree | ayeinoh* | |
| leaf | ayeirauk* | |
| night | fo* | |
| dog | ho5* | |
| fish | iT* | |
| louse | wis* | |
| one | tey* | |
| two | rost* | |
| I | nehbeteiy* | |
| you | nounetenbetei* | |
| drink | unt* | |
| see | nuhmot* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · toba1266 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · tti