Uruangnirin is a minor Austronesian language spoken on the islands of Tarak and Faor in the Sebakor Bay, West Papua. Some Kalamang people from the neighboring island of Karas speak it as a second language.[2] The languages most closely related to Uruangnirin are Onin and Sekar of the Bomberai Peninsula.
Uruangnirin | |
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Native to | Indonesia |
Region | West coast Bomberai Peninsula |
Native speakers | (400 cited 1983)[1] |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | urn |
Glottolog | urua1244 |
ELP | Uruangnirin |
Uruangnirin Uruangnirin | |
Coordinates: 3°27′S 132°45′E / 3.45°S 132.75°E |
Uruangnirin is an endangered language as the younger generations of its speakers are shifting to Papuan Malay, the local lingua franca, as well as Indonesian, the standard national language.