Mandobo, or Kaeti, is a

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of Mandobo District in

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, Papua,

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Varieties

'' Ethnologue'' distinguishes two languages: *''Mandobo Bawah'', spoken on the Lower

Mandobo River The Mandobo River is a river in Western New Guinea. Sungai Mandoboat Geonames.org (cc-by) post updated 2013-05-07; database downloaded on 2015-11-27 The Mandobo language is spoken in the Mandobo River watershed. See also *List of rivers o ...

*''Mandobo Atas'', spoken on the Upper

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.

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