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Onin language

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Onin
Native toIndonesia
RegionKokas District, Teluk Patipi District, Fakfak Regency, Bomberai Peninsula
Native speakers
500 (2000)[1]
Austronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3oni
Glottologonin1245
ELPOnin
Pidgin Onin
Native toIndonesia
RegionBomberai Peninsula
Native speakers
None
Onin-based pidgin
Language codes
ISO 639-3onx
Glottologonin1237

Onin or Onim is a dialect of Sekar Onim language,[2] 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.[3]

It has 18 consonants and 5 vowels.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Onin at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Sekar-Onim". Peta Bahasa (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  3. ^ Pidgin Onin at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  4. ^ "OLAC resources".