Pidgin Onin

Onin
Native toIndonesia
RegionKokas District, Teluk Patipi District, Fakfak Regency, Bomberai Peninsula
Native speakers
500 (2000)[1]
Austronesian
Dialects
  • Nikuda
  • Ogar
  • Patipi
  • Sepa
Language codes
ISO 639-3oni
Glottologonin1245
ELPOnin
Pidgin Onin
Native toIndonesia
RegionBomberai Peninsula
Native speakers
None
Onin-based pidgin
Language codes
ISO 639-3onx
Glottologonin1237

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.[2]

It has 18 consonants and 5 vowels.[3]

References

  1. ^ Onin at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Pidgin Onin at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  3. ^ "OLAC resources".