Kaptiau

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A language of Indonesia

Alternate Names

Kapitiauw, Kaptiauw, Sobei

User Population

230 (2006 SIL).

Papua province: Sarmi regency, Bonggo sub-district, Kaptiau village.

Language Maps

Indonesia, Papua enlargement

Language Status

8a (Moribund).

Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Sarmi-Jayapura Bay, Sarmi

None known. Lexical similarity: with Tarpia [tpf] and Bonggo [bpg] (most).

Endangered (2000 S. Wurm, 2000 D. Tryon). Private domains, public prayer. Older adults only. Most shifted to Indonesian [ind]. Most shifted to Papuan Malay [pmy].

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about Kaptiau

Unwritten [Qaax].

Christian, traditional religion.