Oirata or Woirata (also known as Maaro) is a
Timor–Alor–Pantar language spoken on the island of
Kisar in
Indonesia
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, and by some people in
Ambon. ''
Ethnologue
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'' 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:
Consonants
Oirata has 13 consonants:
References
External links
Oirata Wordlist at the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database
Woirata Maro (Oirata People) film
{{West Trans–New Guinea languages
Languages of Indonesia
Oirata–Makasai languages