1 YONGKOM YONGKOM (YONGOM, YONGGOM) ... 2,000 in Irian ...

- Drabbe 1954:150.
Katì is spoken by tribes living between the Kòwo (or Kao)
and the Mùju Rivers, the latter being one of the tributaries of
the Kòwo, itself a tributary of the Digul River. The tribes --
referred to as Muju people by the Dutch administration -- have no
word in their language naming all / of them in bulk, but are
called Qawti by the Jaqàj, and Ghàwisi by the Àwju. Both names
can perhaps be linked with the word katì which, in the Niinatì
dialect of Katì, means "real man". The language falls into a
great number of dialects of which Father DRABBE describes two,
i.e. the Niinatì dialect spoken on both sides of the Mùju River
in and near the village of Niinatì situated on the bank of the
river, and the Metòmka dialect spoken on the banks of the Kòwo
(or Kao) and in all villages to the south of the village of
Jiptèm, Metòmka being one of these villages. There are, however,
marked local differences in the language of each village
throughout the whole Katì area.
- Wurm 1953:303-304.
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(Kati)
(Ninati- en Metomka dialecten): Ninati, Kimko, Minipko,
Kwémtupunon, Konemtetput, Kamakpon, Kanggim, Kawangtet, Jiptem,
Jipi, Kimki, Komera, Timko, Inggembit, Mokpit, Namat, Mokbiran,
Wambiran, Metomka, Jonongo, Ogemkapa, Kakuna, Woman, Mindiptana,
Amupdipun, Imko, Jomkondo, Anggamburan, Amburan, Kanup, Atko,
Kkanggup, Karimko, Mana, Momanako, Mitiwangko, Ninikapa,
Kanggewot, Jomka, Aüt, Ninggirum, Kapom, Jonggom, Ketawut,
Kakaip, Tenekaram, Kowan, Okpari, Wap, Wambon, Kamindip, Kawièt
(? zielen).
- Galis 1955-56:176.
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2 Yonggom may connect with Northern and Southern Kati as a
link in a dialect chain (Healey 1964, Voorhoeve 1975b) which
would make these three languages a single language.
- Voorhoeve 1981:Map 4.
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KATI, NORTHERN
Going down the river Digul we meet the tributary Ka o on the
left. This name Ka o is a corruption of the native word Kowo.
One of the affluents of the Kowo is the river Muju. The tribes
living between Muju and Ka o are called Mujunese by the Dutch
Government and the Catholic Mission. In their own language there
is no such word as indicates the whole of the tribes, but they
are called Qa u ti by the Jaqa i -people, living in the basin of the
river Mapi; and Ghawisi by the A u ju-people, living between the
Digul and the Mapi. The territory, where the Qa u ti-people live,
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