Onin language
Austronesia language spoken in Indonesia
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Onin or Onim is a dialect of Sekar Onim language,[3] 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.[4]
NativetoIndonesia
RegionKokas District, Teluk Patipi District, Fakfak Regency, Bomberai Peninsula
Native speakers
(500 cited 2000)[1]Austronesian
-
Malayo-Polynesian (MP)
- Central–Eastern MP
- Kei–Tanimbar
- Yamdena–North Bomberai
- North Bomberai
- Sekar Onim
- Onin
- Sekar Onim
- North Bomberai
- Yamdena–North Bomberai
- Kei–Tanimbar
- Central–Eastern MP
| Onin | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Kokas District, Teluk Patipi District, Fakfak Regency, Bomberai Peninsula |
Native speakers | (500 cited 2000)[1] |
Austronesian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | oni |
| Glottolog | onin1245 |
| ELP | Onin |
It has 18 consonants and 5 vowels.[5]