| Oirata | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Maluku Islands (Kisar,Ambon) |
Native speakers | (1,200 cited 1987)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea ?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | oia |
| Glottolog | oira1263 |
| ELP | Oirata |
Oirata orWoirata (also known asMaaro) is aTimor–Alor–Pantar language spoken on the island ofKisar inIndonesia, and by some people inAmbon.Ethnologue reports an SIL figure of 1,200 speakers from 1987.[1] It is closely related toFataluku, of which it is sometimes considered to be a dialect.
Oirata has five vowels:[2]
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u |
| Close-mid | e | o |
| Open | a |
Oirata has 13 consonants:[2]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | ʔ | |
| voiced | d | ||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | h | ||
| voiced | v | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | |||
| Approximant | w | l | j | ||
| Trill | r | ||||
