Oirata language
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| Oirata | ||
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| Spoken in | Kisar, Indonesia | |
| Total speakers | 1200 | |
| Language family | Trans–New Guinea (TNG)
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1 | None | |
| ISO 639-2 | paa | |
| ISO 639-3 | oia | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Oirata (also known as Maaro) is a Papuan language spoken on the island of Kisar in Indonesia, and in Ambon. It is sometimes considered a dialect of the Fataluku language spoken in East Timor, as the two languages are closely related. According to Ethnologue, there were 1,200 speakers in 1987.

