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Sepik language spoken in Papua New Guinea Not to be confused with Murik Kayan language. ‹ The template Infobox language is being considered for merging. ›
Murik
Nor
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionEast Sepik Province
Native speakers(1,000 cited 2000)
Language familyRamu–Lower Sepik
Language codes
ISO 639-3mtf
Glottologmuri1260
ELPMurik
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.

Phonology

Consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar
Plosive p b t d k g
Prenasalized ᵐb ⁿd ⁿdʒ ᵑg
Fricative s
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Approximant w r j
Vowels
Front Central Back
High i u
Mid e ə o
Low a

Pronouns

Murik independent pronouns are:

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.

‘person’ ‘house’
singular nor iran
dual normbo irambo
paucal norgə iramoara
plural normot iranmot

References

  1. Murik at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. 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.
  3. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. 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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