Orya

URY

threatened

Alternate Names: Oria, Uria, Warpok, Warpu

Dialects: Barat (West Orya), Timur (East Orya), Yapsi-Taja. Slight dialect differences.

Genealogy:

Tor-Kwerba
Orya-Tor
Orya

Demographics: 1,600 (1985 P. Fields). 900 in Unurum-Guay, 100 in Bonggo subdistrict, 600 in Lereh subdistrict. 0 monolinguals. L2 users: Some store owners and police have learned Orya.

Language Use: Children learn Orya in most cases. All domains. Positive attitudes. Also use Indonesian [ind], Papuan Malay [pmy], Sause [sao].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 5%–15%. Some adult literacy classes. NT: 2005.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Indonesia

Other Comments: Uria is a misspelling used earlier. Glossonym: Warpok by the Nimboran. Traditional religion, Christian.