| Tobati | |
|---|---|
| Yotafa | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Papua |
| Ethnicity | Tobati |
Native speakers | 100 (2007)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tti |
| Glottolog | toba1266 |
| ELP | Tobati |
 Tobati is classified as Severely Endangered by theUNESCOAtlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Tobati, orYotafa, is anAustronesian language spoken inJayapura Bay inPapua province,Indonesia. It was once thought to be aPapuan language.[1] Notably, Tobati displays a very rareobject–subject–verb word order.[2]
| Labial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ[a] | |||
| Stop | voiceless | t | c | k | |||
| voiced | b | d | d͡ʒ | ||||
| Fricative | voiceless | ɸ | f | s | ʃ | h[b] | |
| voiced | ɣ~ɰ | ||||||
| Approximant | w | j | |||||
| Rhotic | r | ||||||
/f/ also shows allophony as[p]. However, it does not behave as a stop (seebelow).
Tobati has a five-vowel system of /aeiou/, realized as /aɛiɔʊ/ inclosed syllables.
Tobati permits three consonants in the onset, and at most a single consonant or a nasal-stop cluster in the coda.
Nasal-stop clusters only permit a nasal and a stop of the sameplace of articulation. For the/nd/ sequence,/n/ becomes dental [n̪]. Neither the bilabial, consisting of/b/ and the/f/ allophone[p], nor palatal nasal-stop clusters distinguish voice (i.e. they are[pm~bm] and[cɲ~d͡ʒɲ] respectively). The/Nk/ sequence voices to[ŋg].[2]