Morori language
Language in Papua
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Morori (Marori, Moaraeri, Moraori, Morari) is a moribund Papuan language of the Kolopom branch of the Trans–New Guinea family. It is separated from the other Kolopom languages by the intrusive Marind family.[3] All speakers use Papuan Malay or Indonesian as L2, and many know Marind.[2]
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Southwest Coast
- Kolopom
- Morori
- Kolopom
| Morori | |
|---|---|
| Marori, Moraori | |
| Region | Kampung Wasur, Merauke Regency, South Papua, Indonesia[1] |
| Ethnicity | Marori; 250 (1998)[2] |
Native speakers | (50 cited 1998)[2] |
Trans–New Guinea
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| Dialects |
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| 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 | |
A dialect extinct in 1997, Menge, is remembered from ceremonial use.
Marori is spoken in Kampung Wasur, which in 2010 had 413 people (98 families) total and 119 Marori people (52 Marori families).[1]
Phonology
Marori has 22 consonants and 6 vowels, which are:[1]
- Vowels
- i, e, æ, a, o, u
On the other hand, the majority of Trans-New Guinea languages usually have around 10–15 consonants.[1]
Pronouns
Pronouns, but little else, connect it to TNG:
sg pl 1 na ni-ɛ 2 ka ki-ɛ 3 ŋɡafi ŋɡamdɛ
Vocabulary
The following basic vocabulary words are from Voorhoeve (1975),[4] as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:[5]
gloss Morori head merao hair pu eye ayix tooth terox leg tegu louse nemeŋk dog koro pig bosik bird ujif egg vi blood ŋgorom bone ŋgwar skin par tree kwi man yexri sun kum water deke fire sir stone mere name nex eat kef one sekodu two yenadu
Evolution
Marori reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea (pTNG) etyma are:[6]
- mam ‘breast’ < *amu
- mam ‘mother’ < *am(a,i)
- nemeŋk ‘louse’ < *niman
- sa ‘sand’ < *sa(ŋg,k)asiŋ
- ŋwar ‘bone’ < *kondaC
Further reading
- Gebze, Wilhelmus and Mark Donohue. 1998. Kamus Kecil Bahasa Moraori. [Marori picture dictionary]: Distributed in Wasur, Papua.