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Tehit

A language of Indonesia (Papua)

ISO 639-3: kps

Population	10,000 (2000 R. Hesse). 500 monolinguals.
Region	Southwest Bird’s Head, Regency Sorong, most of Teminabuan subdistrict, half of Sawiat subdistrict. About 31 villages.
Language map	Indonesia, Northwestern Papua, reference number 15
Alternate names	Kaibus, Tahit, Tehid, Teminabuan
Dialects	Tehit Jit, Mbol Fle, Saifi, Imyan, Sfa Riere, Fkar, Sawiat Salmeit. Most similar to Kalabra [kzz]. Lexical similarity: 60% with Kalabra.
Classification	West Papuan, West Bird’s Head
Language use	Vigorous. Parents in villages in the interior pass Tehit on to children. For villages bordering town, they speak Indonesian to children. People from bordering languages that interact in both languages learn Tehit. All domains. Positive attitude. 5% monolingual. Also use Indonesian [ind] or Maibrat [ayz]. 1% speak Dutch [nld] or English. Schools in Indonesian, although most teachers speak Tehit. Indonesian is the trade language.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 5%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Taught in primary schools.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Agriculturalists: oil extract. Christian, traditional religion.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BERRY, Christine; BERRY, Keith, authors. 1987. A survey of some West Papuan phylum languages.

HESSE, Ronald, author. 1993. Imyan Tehit phonology.

HESSE, Ronald, author. 1995. "Syllable structure in Imyan Tehit."

HESSE, Ronald, author. 2000. "Tehit."

Vernacular Publications

Malaria. 1998.

Ni kaini falek = penyakit kulit. 1998.

Osik siga = Menceret. 1998.

Salo faf fi le mkom: ni rana wain yibot yidien salo tehit imian = Inilah Bahasa Kita: cerita-cerita menarik dalam Bahasa Tehit. 1999.

Yusuf wadi fe AIDS = Yusuf mati karena AIDS (Joseph dies because of AIDS). 2007.

Yusuf wagi fe ni kaini AIDS = Yusuf mati karena AIDS. 1998.