Oirata or Woirata (also known as Maaro) is a
Timor–Alor–Pantar language spoken on the island of
Kisar
Kisar, also known as ''Yotowawa'', is a small island in the Southwestern Moluccas in Indonesia, located to the northeast of Timor Island. Most of the island is included within the Southernmost Islands District ('' Kecamatan Pulau Pulau Terselatan ...
in
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
, and by some people in
Ambon
Ambon may refer to:
Places
* Ambon Island, an island in Indonesia
** Ambon, Maluku, a city on Ambon Island, the capital of Maluku province
** Governorate of Ambon, a colony of the Dutch East India Company from 1605 to 1796
* Ambon, Morbihan, a co ...
. ''
Ethnologue'' reports an SIL figure of 1,200 speakers from 1987.
[ It is closely related to ]Fataluku
Fataluku (also known as Dagaga, Dagoda', Dagada) is a Papuan language spoken by approximately 37,000 people of Fataluku ethnicity in the eastern areas of East Timor, especially around Lospalos. It is a member of the Timor-Alor-Pantar language fam ...
, 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