Doutai language

Doutai
Doutai
Taori-So
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Western New Guinea
Ethnicity	340 (1993)
Native speakers	(70 cited 2000)
Language family	Lakes Plain Central Doutai–Waritai? Doutai; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tds
Glottolog	dout1240
ELP	Doutai

Last updated November 26, 2025

Doutai (Taori, Tolitai) is a Lakes Plain language of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. It is spoken in Toli-Dou village, located southwest of Taiyeve town.^[2]

Phonology

Doutai, like Kirikiri, has the fricativized high vowels iʼ and uʼ. There are 7 vowels in all :^[3]

iʼ	uʼ
i	u
e	o
a

References

1 2 Doutai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Indonesia languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
↑ Foley, William A. (2018). "The languages of Northwest New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 433–568. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.

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[e18-1] 1 2 Doutai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Ethnologue22-ID-2] Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Indonesia languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.

[Foley-NWNG-3] Foley, William A. (2018). "The languages of Northwest New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 433–568. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.

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