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
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Plosive
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Prenasalized
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Fricative
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Nasal
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Approximant
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High
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Mid
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Low
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Pronouns
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! !! singular !! dual !! paucal !! plural |
1
| ma || ga-i || ag-i || e<*a+i |
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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 |
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dual
| normbo || irambo |
paucal
| norgə || iramoara |
plural
| normot || iranmot |
References
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{{Languages of Papua New Guinea}}
{{Ramu–Lower Sepik languages}}
Category:Languages of East Sepik Province