Nor language

{{Short description|Sepik language spoken in Papua New Guinea}}

{{distinguish|Murik Kayan language}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Murik

|nativename=Nor

|states=Papua New Guinea

|region=East Sepik Province

|coordinates={{coord|-3.794976|143.998682|type:city_region:PG_source:enwiki|name=Aramut|display=inline,title}}

|speakers=1,000

|date=2000

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Papuan

|fam1=Ramu–Lower Sepik

|fam2=Lower Sepik (Nor–Pondo)

|fam3=Nor?

|map2=Lang Status 80-VU.svg

|mapcaption2={{center|{{small|Nor is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}

|iso3=mtf

|glotto=muri1260

|glottorefname=Murik (Papua New Guinea)

}}

Murik, or Nor, is a Lower Sepik language spoken in Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Murik ward ({{coord|-3.794976|143.998682|type:city_region:PG|name=Aramut}}) of Marienberg Rural LLG, East Sepik Province, which is located around a large coastal lagoon.{{cite web |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/country/PG/languages |title=Papua New Guinea languages |work=Ethnologue: Languages of the World |edition=22nd |editor1-last=Eberhard |editor1-first=David M. |editor2-last=Simons |editor2-first=Gary F. |editor3-last=Fennig |editor3-first=Charles D. |date=2019 |location=Dallas |publisher=SIL International}}{{cite web |url=https://data.humdata.org/dataset/village-coordinates-lookup |title=Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup |author=United Nations in Papua New Guinea |work=Humanitarian Data Exchange |version=1.31.9 |date=2018}}

Phonology

class="wikitable"

|+Consonants

!

!Labial

!Alveolar

!Palatal

!Velar

Plosive

|{{IPA link|p}} {{IPA link|b}}

|{{IPA link|t}} {{IPA link|d}}

|{{IPA link|dʒ}}

|{{IPA link|k}} {{IPA link|g}}

Prenasalized

|{{IPA link|ᵐb}}

|{{IPA link|ⁿd}}

|{{IPA link|ⁿdʒ}}

|{{IPA link|ᵑg}}

Fricative

|

|{{IPA link|s}}

|

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Nasal

|{{IPA link|m}}

|{{IPA link|n}}

|{{IPA link|ɲ}}

|{{IPA link|ŋ}}

Approximant

|{{IPA link|w}}

|{{IPA link|r}}

|{{IPA link|j}}

|

class="wikitable"

|+Vowels

!

!Front

!Central

!Back

High

|{{IPA link|i}}

|

|{{IPA link|u}}

Mid

|{{IPA link|e}}

|{{IPA link|ə}}

|{{IPA link|o}}

Low

|

|{{IPA link|a}}

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Pronouns

Murik independent pronouns are:{{cite book |last=Foley |first=William A. |authorlink=William A. Foley |editor1-last=Palmer |editor1-first=Bill |date=2018 |title=The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide |chapter=The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs |series= The World of Linguistics |volume=4 |location=Berlin |publisher=De Gruyter Mouton |pages=197–432 |isbn=978-3-11-028642-7}}

:

{{table}}

! !! singular !! dual !! paucal !! plural

1

| ma || ga-i || ag-i || e<*a+i

2

| mi || ga-u || ag-u || o<*a+u

3

| mən || məndəb || məŋgə || mwa

Nouns

Murik nouns are inflected for four numbers.{{cite book |last=Foley |first=William A. |authorlink=William A. Foley |editor1-last=Palmer |editor1-first=Bill |date=2018 |title=The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide |chapter=The morphosyntactic typology of Papuan languages |series= The World of Linguistics |volume=4 |location=Berlin |publisher=De Gruyter Mouton |pages=895–938 |isbn=978-3-11-028642-7}}{{rp|897}}

:

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! !! ‘person’ !! ‘house’

singular

| nor || iran

dual

| normbo || irambo

paucal

| norgə || iramoara

plural

| normot || iranmot

References

{{reflist}}

{{Languages of Papua New Guinea}}

{{Ramu–Lower Sepik languages}}

Category:Languages of East Sepik Province

Category:Lower Sepik languages

Category:Vulnerable languages