Tobati

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A language of Indonesia

Alternate Names

Enggros, Humboldt Jotafa, Jayapura, Jotafa, Tobwadic, Yautefa, Yotafa

User Population

100 (Wurm 2007).

Papua province: Enggros, Entrop, Kota Raja, Tanah Hitam, and Tobati villages on Jayapura bay.

Language Maps

Indonesia, Papua enlargement

Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

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

None known. Formerly classified as Papuan.

Endangered (2000 D. Tryon); seriously endangered (2000 S. Wurm). Mainly assimilated to Indonesian [ind] language and culture. Most shifted to Papuan Malay [pmy]. Many also use Indonesian [ind].

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about Tobati

Christian.