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Onin language

Onin or Onim is a dialect of Sekar Onim language, 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.

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Onin
Native toIndonesia
RegionKokas District, Teluk Patipi District, Fakfak Regency, Bomberai Peninsula
Native speakers
(500 cited 2000)1
Austronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3oni
Glottologonin1245
ELPOnin
Pidgin Onin
Native toIndonesia
RegionBomberai Peninsula
Native speakers
None2
Onin-based pidgin
Language codes
ISO 639-3onx
Glottologonin1237

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

It has 18 consonants and 5 vowels.5

References

References

  1. Onin at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. "Onin Based Pidgin". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on 2019-06-06. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  3. "Sekar-Onim". Peta Bahasa (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  4. Pidgin Onin at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  5. "OLAC resources".