Oirata language
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| Oirata | ||
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| Spoken in: | Kisar, Indonesia | |
| Total speakers: | 1200 | |
| Language family: | Trans-New Guinea (TNG) West TNG linkage East Timor Oirata |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | paa | |
| ISO 639-3: | oia | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Oirata (also known as Maaro) is a Papuan language spoken on the island of Kisar in Indonesia, and in Ambon. It is sometimes considered a dialect of the Fataluku language spoken in East Timor, as the two languages are closely related. According to Ethnologue, there were 1,200 speakers in 1987.
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