Oirata language

Oirata
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Maluku Islands (Kisar, Ambon)
Native speakers	(1,200 cited 1987)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea ? West Bomberai ? Timor–Alor–Pantar Eastern Timor Oirata–Fataluku Oirata; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	oia
Glottolog	oira1263
ELP	Oirata

Oirata or Woirata (also known as Maaro) is a Timor–Alor–Pantar language spoken on the island of Kisar in Indonesia, and by some people in Ambon. Ethnologue reports an SIL figure of 1,200 speakers from 1987.^[1] It is closely related to Fataluku, of which it is sometimes considered to be a dialect.

Phonology

Vowels

Oirata has 5 vowels:^[3]


	Front	Back
Close	i	u
Close-mid	e	o
Open	a

Consonants

Oirata has 13 consonants:^[3]


		Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palatal	Glottal
Stop	voiceless	p		t		ʔ
Stop	voiced			d
Fricative	voiceless		f			h
Fricative	voiced		v
Nasal		m		n
Approximant		w		l	j
Trill				r

References

^ ^a ^b Oirata at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
^ Endangered Languages Project data for Oirata.
^ ^a ^b Mandala, Halus; Meko Mbete, Aaron; Dhanawaty, Ni Made; Fernandez, Inyo Yos. "Phonological evolution of Oirata and its Genetic Relationship with Other Non-Austronesian languages in Timor-Leste".

External links

[e18-1] Oirata at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[ELP1-2] Endangered Languages Project data for Oirata.

[:0-3] Mandala, Halus; Meko Mbete, Aaron; Dhanawaty, Ni Made; Fernandez, Inyo Yos. "Phonological evolution of Oirata and its Genetic Relationship with Other Non-Austronesian languages in Timor-Leste".

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