Obokuitai language
Obokuitai (Obogwitai) is a Lakes Plain language of Papua, Indonesia.It is named after Obogwi village in East Central Mambermano District, Mamberamo Raya Regency.[3] Unusual phonological features of Obokuitai and other Lakes Plain languages are the complete lack of nasals, even allophones, and a series of extra high or fricativized vowels that developed from loss of a following stop consonant.However, the probable phonemic aspect of the tone is shown through the minimal triad kuik1 'rock', kuik2 'insect' (sp.)[6] Possessive pronouns in Obokuitai are:[7] Obokuitai has three verbal prefixes, which are:[7]: 538 Some examples of verbs with the prefixes, as compared to the verb roots without them:[7]: 538 didderun→ ke-diddesenddidde → ke-didderun {} sendkúddetalk→ be-kúddetalk to someonekúdde → be-kúddetalk {} {talk to someone}tokoiddethrow→ be-tokoiddethrow directly at somethingtokoidde → be-tokoiddethrow {} {throw directly at something}kdiddepull→ be-kdiddepinch and pull back a bowstring with tautnesskdidde → be-kdiddepull {} {pinch and pull back a bowstring with tautness}tdaidcut with a machete→ be-tdaidpoke, stab, injecttdaid → be-tdaid{cut with a machete} {} {poke, stab, inject}There are two aspectual verbal suffixes:[7]: 538 These also have "background" forms, used with what Foley refers to as "backgrounded collateral clauses".