Ormu

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
orz
Population

500 (Wurm 2000).

Location

Papua Province, north coast area just west of Jayapura, north of Cyclops mountains, Ormu Besar and Ormu Kecil villages.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Sarmi-Jayapura Bay, Jayapura Bay
Language Use

Endangered (2000 D. Tryon); potentially endangered (Wurm 2000). Largely bilingual in Indonesian [ind] (Wurm 2007).

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Ormu
Other Comments

Traditional religion, Christian.