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Uruangnirin language

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Uruangnirin
Native toIndonesia
RegionWest coast Bomberai Peninsula
Native speakers
(400 cited 1983)[1]
Austronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3urn
Glottologurua1244
ELPUruangnirin
Approximate location where Uruangnirin is spoken
Approximate location where Uruangnirin is spoken
Uruangnirin
Approximate location where Uruangnirin is spoken
Approximate location where Uruangnirin is spoken
Uruangnirin
Coordinates: 3°27′S 132°45′E / 3.45°S 132.75°E / -3.45; 132.75

Uruangnirin is an 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 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.

References

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  1. ^ Uruangnirin at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Visser, Eline. (2016). A grammar sketch of Kalamang with a focus on phonetics and phonology. Master's thesis, University of Oslo.