Tobati language

Tobati
Yotafa
Native toIndonesia
RegionPapua
EthnicityTobati
Native speakers
100 (2007)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3tti
Glottologtoba1266
ELPTobati
Tobati is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Tobati, or Yotafa, is an Austronesian language spoken in Jayapura Bay in Papua province, Indonesia. It was once thought to be a Papuan language.[1] Notably, Tobati displays a very rare object–subject–verb word order.[2]

  1. ^ a b Tobati at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Crowley, Terry; Lynch, John; Ross, Malcolm (2002). The Oceanic Languages. London and New York: Routledge. pp. 186-88