Mandobo, or Kaeti, is a Papuan language of Mandobo District in Boven Digoel Regency and Ulilin District in Merauke Regency, South Papua, Indonesia.
Varieties
Ethnologue distinguishes two languages:
- Mandobo Bawah, spoken on the Lower Mandobo River
- Mandobo Atas, spoken on the Upper Mandobo River
Phonology
Vowels
Consonants
Evolution
Below are some Kaeti reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea proposed by Pawley (2012), drawn from McElhanon and Voorhoeve (1970).
Further reading
- Jang, Hong-Tae. 2003. Survey report on languages of southeastern foothills in Papua Merauke Regency of Papua, Indonesia. Manuscript.
- Lebold, Randy, Ronald Kriens and Yunita Susanto. 2013. A Report on the Bamgi, Kia, and Lower Digul River Language Survey in Papua, Indonesia. SIL International.
References
External links
- Mandobo at the Awyu–Ndumut research group at VU University Amsterdam
