| Mandobo | |
|---|---|
| Dumut | |
| Kaeti | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Boven Digoel Regency andMerauke Regency,South Papua |
Native speakers | 30,000 (2002)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:bwp – Mandobo Bawahaax – Mandobo Atas |
| Glottolog | mand1473 |
Mandobo, orKaeti, is aPapuan language of Mandobo District inBoven Digoel Regency and Ulilin District inMerauke Regency,South Papua,Indonesia.
Ethnologue distinguishes two languages:
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | y | u | |
| Mid | e | o | ||
| Open | a | |||
| Labial | Alveolar | Dorsal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k |
| prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᵑɡ | |
| Nasal | m | n | ||
| Rhotic | ɾ | |||
| Approximant | w | j | ||
Below are some Kaeti reflexes ofproto-Trans-New Guinea proposed byPawley (2012), drawn from McElhanon and Voorhoeve (1970).[3][4]
| proto-Trans-New Guinea | Kaeti |
|---|---|
| *maŋgat[a] ‘teeth, mouth’ | magot |
| *mVkVm ‘cheek’ | (a)moka (cf. Axu moxo pe) |
| *maŋgV ‘compact round object’ | (Axu mügo ‘egg’) |
| *amu ‘breast’ | am |
| *k(o,u)ma(n,ŋ)[V] ‘neck, nape’ | koman |
| *kumV- ‘die’ | kün (cf. Sawuy xom-, Wambon N. & Wambon S. kim-) |
| *mVkVm ‘cheek, jaw’ | (a)moka ‘cheek’ |
| *na ‘1SG’ | nø(p) |
| *ni, *nu ‘1PL free pron.’ | no-güp |
| *na- ‘eat’ | (Wambon en-) |
| *k(o,u)ma(n,ŋ)[V] ‘neck, nape’ | koman |
| *mb(i,u)t(i,u)C ‘fingernail’ | betit |
| *imbi ‘name’ | üp |
| *apa[pa]ta ‘butterfly’ | apap |
| *k(a,o)ndok[V] ‘foot, leg’ | kodok |
| *andu- ‘to cook’ | odu |
| *mb(i,u)t(i,u)C ‘fingernail’ | betit |
| *(ŋg,k)iti-maŋgV ‘eye’ | (?) kerop |
| *(mb,p)ututu- ‘to fly’ | (?) bere(na) |
| *kumut, *tumuk ‘thunder’ | komöt |
| *maŋgat[a] ‘teeth, mouth’ | magot |
| *ŋga ‘2SG’ | gu |
| *maŋgat[a] ‘teeth, mouth’ | magot |
| *maŋgV ‘compact round object’ | (Axu mügo ‘egg’) |
| *ka(nd,t)(e,i)kV ‘ear’ | kere(top) |
| *k(a,o)ndok[V] ‘foot, leg’ | kodok |
| *ka(nd,t)apu ‘skin’ | kotae |
| *kumbutu ‘wind’ | kiow |
| *kin(i,u)- ‘sleep’ | kinum |
| *kumV- ‘die’ | kün |
| *k(o,u)ma(n,ŋ)[V] ‘neck’ | koman |
| *kuya ‘cassowary’ | (Sawuy kuye) |
| *kV(mb,p)(i,u)t(i,u) ‘head’ | (?) xebia(an) |
| *mVkVm ‘cheek’ | (a)moka (cf. Axu moxo pe) |
| *kutV(mb,p)(a,u)[C] ‘long’ | (?) guru(op) |
| *ok[V] ‘water’ | ok |
| *k(a,o)ndok[V] ‘foot’ | kodok |