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
{{Reflist}}
Further reading
{{refbegin}}
- 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
{{refend}}
External links
- [https://vocab.panlex.org/mhz-000/eng-000 Mor-English glossary] from PanLex
{{Halmahera–Cenderawasih languages}}
{{Languages of Indonesia}}
Category:South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages
Category:Languages of Western New Guinea
Category:Tonal languages in non-tonal families
{{austronesian-lang-stub}}