Morori language

Morori language
Morori
Spoken in Papua
Native speakers 50 out of an ethnic population of 250  (date missing)
Language family
Trans–New Guinea
  • Morori
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mok

Morori (Marori, Moaraeri, Moraori, Morari) is a Trans–New Guinea language that forms an independent branch of Trans–New Guinea in the classification of Malcolm Ross (2005).

An extinct dialect, Menge, is remembered from ceremonial use.

References

  • Ross, Malcolm (2005). "Pronouns as a preliminary diagnostic for grouping Papuan languages". In Andrew Pawley, Robert Attenborough, Robin Hide, Jack Golson, eds. Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 15–66. ISBN 0858835622. OCLC 67292782. 



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  • Morori — ISO 639 3 Code : mok ISO 639 2/B Code : ISO 639 2/T Code : ISO 639 1 Code : Scope : Individual Language Type : Living …   Names of Languages ISO 639-3

  • mok — ISO 639 3 Code of Language ISO 639 2/B Code : ISO 639 2/T Code : ISO 639 1 Code : Scope : Individual Language Type : Living Language Name : Morori …   Names of Languages ISO 639-3

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