Mor language (Papuan)

Mor
Mor
Region	West Papua
Native speakers	30 (2012); 70 semi-speakers (2012)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea? Mor;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	moq
Glottolog	morb1239
ELP	Mor (Bomberai Peninsula, Indonesia)
	Map: The Mor language of New Guinea The Mor language Other Trans–New Guinea languages Other Papuan languages Austronesian languages Uninhabited

Mor is a nearly extinct, possibly Trans–New Guinea language of Indonesia. It forms a tentative independent branch of that family in the classification of Malcolm Ross (2005). However, the only connections are the 1sg and 2 ng pronouns na- and a-:

	sg	pl
1	na-ya	ne-a
2	a-ya	omase
3	mena	morimene

References

^ Mor 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.

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[e18-1] Mor at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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