title: Oirata language
text: # Oirata language
  
  Oirata or Woirata (also known as Maaro) is a Timor–Alor–Pantar language spoken on the island of Kisar in Indonesia, and by some people in Ambon. Ethnologue reports an SIL figure of 1,200 speakers from 1987. It is closely related to Fataluku, of which it is sometimes considered to be a dialect.
  
  ## Phonology
  
  ### Vowels
  
  Oirata has five vowels:
  
  Oirata vowels :
  
  | | Front | Back |
  | - | - | - |
  | Close | i | u |
  | Close-mid | e | o |
  | Open | a | |
  
  ### Consonants
  
  Oirata has 13 consonants:
  
  Oirata consonants :
  
  | | | Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Glottal |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Plosive | voiceless | p | t | | ʔ |
  | Plosive | voiced | | d | | |
  | Fricative | voiceless | f | | | h |
  | Fricative | voiced | v | | | |
  | Nasal | Nasal | m | n | | |
  | Approximant | Approximant | w | l | j | |
  | Trill | Trill | | r | | |
  