| Oirata | |
| States: | Indonesia |
| Region: | Maluku Islands (Kisar, Ambon) |
| 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.
Oirata has five vowels:[1]
| Close | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close-mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Open | pronounced as /link/ |
Oirata has 13 consonants:
| Plosive | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| Fricative | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| Trill | pronounced as /link/ | |||||