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

has not yet been described, nor has the number of the dialects
already been fixed. The population has been concentrated in
villages only for a short time; the local differences in speech
are innumerable. Drabbe has been able to ascertain two dialects
viz. the dialects of Niinati, a village on the Muju, and of
Metomka, situated to the south of the village of Kiptem. The
names Ghawisi and Qa u ti are related to the word kati, which
according to Drabbe in the dialect of Niinati means "real man";
therefore Drabbe speaks of this language as the Kati-language.
We analyse the Niinati-dialect.
- Boelaars 1950:77.
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NORTHERN KATI (Northern Muju) is spoken on the upper Moejoe
River in Irian Barat by perhaps 8,000 people. Dr. Drabbé has
published a detailed study of the Ninatie dialect of Northern
Kati ... Austen collected a list of 1100 words at the village of
Kandam near the Ok Birim. Dr. Schoorl has published a glossary
of 160 anthropological terms from the village of Kawangtet.
Schoorl suggests that a separate dialect of Northern Kati is
spoken in Kanggewot, and another in the village of Toemoetoe.
This latter dialect is known as Are by the Ninggirum to the east,
...
- A. Healey 1964:44.
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Northern Kati (Drabbe's Niinati dialect of Kati) is spoken
by about 8,000 people living on the upper Muyu River. There are
several dialects but detailed information is not at hand. ...
- Voorhoeve 1975b:382.
+ 8000 [speakers]
Dialects: There are several dialects, but detailed
information is not to hand.
Villages: Yiptem, Kanggim, Kawangtet, Onokbitan, Yeteram,
Ketetput, Metemko, Ninati, Kunam, Kimki, Yibi, Tembutkim,
Konontetput, Anggutbin, Komera, Mokpit, Mangkubun, Tawanokpit,
Tome, Warumgi, Tumutu, Wamko, Arimko, Kopko, Kwitbon, Maribin,
Yabiman, Katumbon, Walikubun.
Comments: The language area is only vaguely defined by Drabbe as
'round Ninati, east and west of the Muyu River'. It borders on
South Kati which is spoken 'along the Kao River and in all the
villages south of Yiptem'.
- Voorhoeve 1975f:26.
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Kati, Northern: 8,000 speakers reported in 1987, in the
south coast area east and west of the Muyu River, Irian Jaya.
Also called Northern Muju, Niinati, Kati-Niinati, Ninatie, or
North Muyu.
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