Oirata
Oirata is a Timor-Alor-Pantar language spoken in Indonesia, by about 1,049 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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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.
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Words in Oirata
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | tou* | |
| name | nene* | |
| eye | inamoto* | |
| ear | wali* | |
| nose | murwana* | |
| tooth | wain* | |
| tongue | uhul* | |
| hand | tana* | |
| blood | we* | |
| bone | opo* | |
| skin | wele* | |
| breast | susu* | |
| liver | lar* | |
| water | ira | |
| fire | ata* | |
| star | hihinaxa* | |
| stone | uwaraha* | |
| leaf | EtE7asa* | |
| night | tetemanahe* | |
| dog | ihar* | |
| fish | ahi* | |
| louse | amin* | |
| one | uwane* | |
| two | ei* | |
| I | andri* | |
| we | abupupur* | |
| drink | tutu* | |
| see | wata7e* | |
| hear | wari* | |
| die | umu* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- FatalukuTimor-Alor-Pantar43% alike
- Makasae-MakaleroTimor-Alor-Pantar35% alike
- KamangTimor-Alor-Pantar16% alike
- West Coast BajauAustronesian14% alike
- TerewengTimor-Alor-Pantar14% alike
- Kula (Indonesia)Timor-Alor-Pantar13% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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