Uruangnirin language
| Uruangnirin | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | West coast Bomberai Peninsula |
Native speakers | (400 cited 1983)[1] |
Austronesian
| |
| 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
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
- ^ Uruangnirin at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Visser, Eline. (2016). A grammar sketch of Kalamang with a focus on phonetics and phonology. Master's thesis, University of Oslo.