Oirata language
Timor–Alor–Pantar language
title: "Oirata language" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["languages-of-indonesia", "oirata–makasai-languages"] description: "Timor–Alor–Pantar language" topic_path: "linguistics" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oirata_language" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Timor–Alor–Pantar language ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox language"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Oirata |
| states | Indonesia |
| region | Maluku Islands (Kisar, Ambon) |
| speakers | |
| date | 1987 |
| ref | e25 |
| familycolor | Papuan |
| fam1 | Trans–New Guinea ? |
| fam2 | West Bomberai ? |
| fam3 | Timor–Alor–Pantar |
| fam4 | Eastern Timor |
| fam5 | Oirata–Fataluku |
| iso3 | oia |
| glotto | oira1263 |
| glottorefname | Oirata |
| :: |
|name=Oirata |states=Indonesia |region=Maluku Islands (Kisar, Ambon) |speakers= |date=1987 |ref = e25 |familycolor=Papuan |fam1=Trans–New Guinea ? |fam2=West Bomberai ? |fam3=Timor–Alor–Pantar |fam4=Eastern Timor |fam5=Oirata–Fataluku |iso3=oia |glotto=oira1263 |glottorefname=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. It is closely related to Fataluku, of which it is sometimes considered to be a dialect.
Phonology
Vowels
Oirata has five vowels:
::data[format=table title="Oirata vowels"]
| Front | Back | Close | Close-mid | Open |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| :: |
Consonants
Oirata has 13 consonants:
::data[format=table title="Oirata consonants"]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Glottal | Plosive | voiceless | voiced | Fricative | voiceless | voiced | Nasal | Approximant | Trill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| :: |
References
References
- Mandala, Halus. (2011). "Phonological Evolution of Oirata and its Genetic Relationship with Other Non-Austronesian Languages in Timor-Leste". e-Journal of Linguistics.
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