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Orya

A language of Indonesia (Papua)

ISO 639-3: ury

Population	1,600 (1985 SIL). No monolinguals. 900 in Unurum-Guay, 100 in Bonggo subdistrict, 600 in Lereh subdistrict.
Region	Unurum-Guay, Bonggo subdistrict, Lereh subdistrict, Taja, Witi, and Wamho (formerly of Orya) villages.
Language map	Indonesia, Eastern Papua, reference number 163
Alternate names	Oria, Uria, Warpok, Warpu
Dialects	Barat (West Orya), Timur (East Orya), Yapsi-Taja. Slight dialect differences.
Classification	Tor-Kwerba, Orya-Tor, Orya
Language use	Children learn Orya in most cases. All domains. Positive attitude. Also use Indonesian [ind] or Papuan Malay [pmy].
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 5%–15%. Some adult literacy classes. NT: 2005.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	‘Uria’ is a misspelling used earlier. ‘Warpok’ is the Nimboran name. Swidden agriculturalists: papaya, bananas, kankong; hunters: pig, wallaby, cassowary. Traditional religion, Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Bunggu, Pinihas, Simon Ti Eis, and Philip Fields. 1991. "‘I too am a man’: How manhood is measured and how scores are settled."

Fields, Philip C. 1991. "A phonology of the Orya language."

Fields, Philip C. 1996. "Pivot and nominalisation in Orya."

Fields, Philip C. and others. 1998. "Of paradise lost: Orya myth as explanation and history."

Fields, Philip C., Pinihas Bunggu and Simon Ti Eis. 1998. "I, too, am a man: How manhood is measured, how scores are settled."

Gregerson, Marilyn J. and Joyce K. Sterner, editors. 1998. Symbolism and ritual in Irian Jaya.

Maware, Martin, Ruben Supra, Simon Ti Eis, and Philip Fields. 1991. "Of paradise lost: Orya myth as explanation and history."

Vernacular Publications

Nën bacagun Orya olkam walas hap debuku: nwe-ala tawa gwen hap de buku = Mari kita membaca bahasa Orya: buku bacaan murid. 2001.

Nwe ale tawa gwenhap de ol tatak 1. 1990.

Ola gulksun blaunzimki: Gandum dansa de hlïng gïlsïnhïp. 1990.

Orya olsa ne:n tonbin. 1990.

Yunus hup de aïsïl: Nwe hleng gwen hap de buku. 1991.