Nor language
Sepik language spoken in Papua New Guinea
Murik | |
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Nor | |
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | East Sepik Province |
Native speakers | 1,000 (2000)[1] |
Language family | Ramu–Lower Sepik
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mtf |
Glottolog | muri1260 |
ELP | Murik |
Nor is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Coordinates: 3°47′42″S 143°59′55″E / 3.794976°S 143.998682°E / -3.794976; 143.998682 (Aramut) |
Murik a.k.a. Nor is a Lower Sepik language spoken in Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Murik ward (3°47′42″S 143°59′55″E / 3.794976°S 143.998682°E / -3.794976; 143.998682 (Aramut)) of Marienberg Rural LLG, East Sepik Province, which is located around a large coastal lagoon.[2][3]
Phonology
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |
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Plosive | p b | t d | dʒ | k g |
Prenasalized | ᵐb | ⁿd | ⁿdʒ | ᵑg |
Fricative | s | |||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ |
Approximant | w | r | j |
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i | u | |
Mid | e | ə | o |
Low | a |
Pronouns
Murik independent pronouns are:[4]
singular dual paucal plural 1 ma ga-i ag-i e<*a+i 2 mi ga-u ag-u o<*a+u 3 mən məndəb məŋgə mwa
Nouns
Murik nouns are inflected for four numbers.[5]: 897
‘person’ ‘house’ singular nor iran dual normbo irambo paucal norgə iramoara plural normot iranmot
References
- ^ Murik at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
- ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
- ^ a b c Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
- ^ Foley, William A. (2018). "The morphosyntactic typology of Papuan languages". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 895–938. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
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