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Onin

bahasa Onin

Onin is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Onin · 2.8°S 132.1°E

Onin or Onim is a dialect of Sekar Onim language, an Austronesian language of the Onin Peninsula in Bomberai, West Papua. Despite the small number of speakers, it is the basis of a local pidgin.

It has 18 consonants and 5 vowels.

From Wikipedia · Onin language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Onin

MeaningWordRomanization
personminCia*
namegarar*
eyetapatin*
eartanigan*
noseiirir*
toothnifan*
tongueerir*
handnemen*
bloodrara*
bonerurir*
skinunit*
kneepukiu*
breastsusi*
livernawan*
waterwere
fireyafi*
sunrera*
starbintaN*
stonepati*
mountainsananam*
treekai*
leafnonen*
nightsukit*
dogagia*
fishsai*
lousekokok*
onesa*
twonua*
Iyai*
youo*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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