Mor language (Austronesian)

Summary

Mor or Moor is a tonal Austronesian language in the putative Cenderawasih branch (Geelvink Bay) of Indonesian Papua.

Mor
Native toIndonesia
RegionWest Papua
Native speakers
(700 cited 1987)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mhz
Glottologmorm1235
ELPMor (Mor Islands, Indonesia)

Its dialects are Ayombai, Hirom, and Kama.[2]: 18 

References edit

  1. ^ Mor at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ 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 edit

  • Mor-English glossary from PanLex