Mor language (Austronesian)
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Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia
Not to be confused with Mor language (Papuan).
| Mor | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Moor Island, Nabire Regency, Central Papua |
Native speakers | (700 cited 1987)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mhz |
| Glottolog | morm1235 |
| ELP | Mor (Mor Islands, Indonesia) |
Mor or Moor is a tonal Austronesian language in the putative Cenderawasih branch (Geelvink Bay) of Indonesian Papua.
Its dialects are Ayombai, Hirom, and Kama.[2]: 18
References
[edit]- ^ Mor at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Kamholz, David (2014). Austronesians in Papua: Diversification and Change in South Halmahera–West New Guinea (PDF) (Ph.D. thesis). University of California, Berkeley. [1]
Further reading
[edit]- Kamholz, David (2009) More Moor (Cenderawasih Bay, Papua, Indonesia) – Handout on Moor phonology, morphology and syntax
External links
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