Mor language (Austronesian)

{{Short description|Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia}}

{{distinguish|Mor language (Papuan)}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Mor

|region=Moor Island, Nabire Regency, Central Papua

|states=Indonesia

|speakers=700

|date=1987

|ref = e18

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3=Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

|fam4=Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

|fam5=South Halmahera–West New Guinea

|iso3=mhz

|glotto=morm1235

|glottorefname=Mor (Mor Islands)

}}

Mor or Moor is a tonal Austronesian language. It is a primary branch of the South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages.

Its dialects are Ayombai, Hirom, and Kama.{{Cite thesis |last=Kamholz |first=David |title=Austronesians in Papua: Diversification and Change in South Halmahera–West New Guinea |date=2014 |degree=Ph.D. |publisher=University of California, Berkeley |url=http://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/etd/ucb/text/Kamholz_berkeley_0028E_14626.pdf}} [https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8zg8b1vd]{{rp|18}}

References

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Further reading

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  • Kamholz, David (2009) [https://web.archive.org/web/20160415100702/http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/~kamholz/pdf/kamholz_ical11.pdf More Moor (Cenderawasih Bay, Papua, Indonesia)] – Handout on Moor phonology, morphology and syntax

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