Oirata language

"Maaro" and "Oirata" redirect here. For the Kannada film, see Maaro (film). For the genus of moth, see Oirata (moth).
Oirata
Region Kisar, Indonesia
Native speakers
(1,200 cited 1987)[1]
Trans–New Guinea (TNG)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 oia
Glottolog oira1263[2]

Oirata or Woirata (also known as Maaro) is a Papuan language spoken on the island of Kisar in Indonesia, and in Ambon. Ethnologue reports an SIL figure of 1,200 speakers from 1987.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Oirata at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Oirata". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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