Ujir
A language of Indonesia (Maluku)
| Population | 980 (1995 J. Hughes). |
| Region | South Maluku, northwest Aru Islands, Ujir on Ujir Island, Samang on Wokam Island west peninsula tip. |
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Indonesia, Southern Maluku |
| Alternate names | Udjir |
| Dialects | Lexical similarity: 75% with Kola [kvv] in north Aru, and slightly less with Kola on the west coast of Kola Island. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Aru |
| Language use | Use declining in Ujir because Malay [abs] used increasingly by outsiders. Use reportedly less in Samang than in Ujir. |
| Comments | Muslim. |
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