Morori language
| Morori | |
|---|---|
| Moraori | |
| Region | Papua |
| Ethnicity | 250 (1998)[1] |
Native speakers | (50 cited 1998)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mok |
| Glottolog | moro1289 |
| ELP | Marori |
 Map: The Morori language of New Guinea
The Morori language (near the southern cape)
Other Trans–New Guinea languages
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
Uninhabited | |
Morori (Marori, Moaraeri, Moraori, Morari) is a moribund Papuan language that forms an independent branch of the Trans–New Guinea family in the classification of Malcolm Ross (2005). All speakers use Papuan Malay or Indonesian as L2, and many know Marind.[1]
An dialect extinct in 1997, Menge, is remembered from ceremonial use.
Pronouns, but little else, connect it to TNG:
sg pl 1 na ni-ɛ 2 ka ki-ɛ 3 ŋɡafi ŋɡamdɛ
References
- ^ a b c Morori at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Ross, Malcolm (2005). "Pronouns as a preliminary diagnostic for grouping Papuan languages". In Andrew Pawley; Robert Attenborough; Robin Hide; Jack Golson (eds.). Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 15–66. ISBN 0858835622. OCLC 67292782.