Mor language (Papuan)
Papuan language
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Mor is a nearly extinct Trans–New Guinea language of Indonesia. It is spoken along the Budidi River and the Bomberai River on the Bomberai Peninsula.[2]
70 semi-speakers (2012)
| Mor | |
|---|---|
| Region | Fakfak Regency, West Papua |
Native speakers | 30 (2012)[1] 70 semi-speakers (2012) |
| 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 | |
Classification
It may form a tentative independent branch of that family in the classification of Malcolm Ross (2005), but Palmer (2018) classifies it as a language isolate.[3] However, the only connections are the 1sg and 2sg pronouns na- and a-:
| sg | pl | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | na-ya | ne-a |
| 2 | a-ya | omase |
| 3 | mena | morimene |
Usher classifies it with the other Trans–New Guinea languages of the Berau Gulf.[4]
Nouns
Nominal inflection for number in Mor is limited to only certain animate nouns, such as mor ‘man’ and mor-ir ‘men’. Other nouns do not inflect for number, such as is ‘bird/birds’.[2]: 97
Vocabulary
The following basic vocabulary words are from Voorhoeve (1975),[5] as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:[6]
gloss Mor head idura hair sa eye nana tooth nasona leg bana louse twoa dog afuna pig bia bird isa egg utreta blood wabmina bone weten skin gina tree wara man hiamia sun seba water sea fire taha stone puata name inagenena eat masmore one nadu two kin
A word list of Mor has also been collected by Johannes Anceaux.[7]