Mandobo, or Kaeti, is a
Papuan language of Mandobo District in
Boven Digoel Regency,
Papua,
Indonesia.
Varieties
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*''Mandobo Bawah'', spoken on the Lower
Mandobo River
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The Mandobo language is spoken in the Mandobo River watershed.
See also
*List of rivers o ...
*''Mandobo Atas'', spoken on the Upper
Mandobo River
The Mandobo River is a river in Western New Guinea. Sungai Mandoboat Geonames.org (cc-by)
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The Mandobo language is spoken in the Mandobo River watershed.
See also
*List of rivers o ...
Phonology
Vowels
Consonants
Evolution
Below are some Kaeti reflexes of
proto-Trans-New Guinea proposed by
Pawley (2012), drawn from McElhanon and Voorhoeve (1970).
[McElhanon, Kenneth A. AND C.L. Voorhoeve. 1970. ''The Trans–New Guinea Phylum: explorations in deep-level genetic relationships''. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.]
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
{{Languages of Indonesia
Languages of western New Guinea
Awyu–Dumut languages