Mori Atas language
{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in Sulawesi, Indonesia}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Mori Atas
|states=Indonesia
|region=Sulawesi
|speakers=28,000 with Mori Bawah
|date=1988
|ref = e18
|familycolor=Austronesian
|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
|fam3=Celebic
|fam4=Bungku–Tolaki
|fam5=Western
|fam6=Interior
|iso3=mzq
|glotto=mori1269
|glottorefname=Mori Atas
}}
Mori Atas, also known as Upper Mori or West Mori, is an Austronesian language of the Celebic branch. The traditional Mori Atas homeland is the upper course of the Laa River in Central Sulawesi.
Classification
Mori Atas is classified as a member of the Bungku-Tolaki group of languages, and shares its closest affinities with the Padoe language.Mead, David. Proto-Bungku-Tolaki: Reconstruction of its phonology and aspects of its morphosyntax. (PhD dissertation, Rice University, 1998), p. 117. Together, Mori Atas and Mori Bawah are sometimes referred to collectively by the cover term Mori.
Dialects
Mori Atas presents a complicated dialect situation. Following Esser, five dialects can be regarded as principal.Esser, S. J. [http://www.sil.org/silepubs/abstract.asp?id=928474543176 Phonology and Morphology of Mori], translated from the Dutch version of 1927-1933 (Dallas: SIL, 2011), pp. 2 ff.
- Molio’a
- Ulu’uwoi
- Tambee
- Molongkuni
- Impo
Notes
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{{Celebic languages}}
{{Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages}}
{{Languages of Indonesia}}
Category:Bungku–Tolaki languages
Category:Languages of Sulawesi
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