Onin language explained

Onin
States:Indonesia
Region:Kokas District, Teluk Patipi District, Fakfak Regency, Bomberai Peninsula
Speakers:500
Date:2000
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian (MP)
Fam3:Central–Eastern MP
Fam4:Kei–Tanimbar
Fam5:Yamdena–North Bomberai
Fam6:North Bomberai
Fam7:Sekar Onim
Iso3:oni
Glotto:onin1245
Glottorefname:Onin
Pidgin Onin
States:Indonesia
Region:Bomberai Peninsula
Speakers:none
Familycolor:Pidgin
Family:Onin-based pidgin
Iso3:onx
Glotto2:onin1237
Glottorefname2:Onin Pidgin
Elp:none

Onin or Onim is a dialect of Sekar Onim language,[1] 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.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sekar-Onim . Peta Bahasa . id . 2024-03-19.
  2. Web site: OLAC resources .