Ujir

UDJ

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Alternate Names: Udjir

Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 75% with Kola , in north Aru, and slightly less with Kola on the west coast of Kola Island.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Aru

Demographics: 1,030 (2011 SIL).

Language Use: Use declining in Ujir because Malay [abs] used increasingly by outsiders. Use reportedly less in Samang than in Ujir.

Nation of Origin: Indonesia

Other Comments: Muslim.