- Morori language
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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.
Categories:- Language articles with undated speaker data
- Trans-New Guinea languages
- Languages of western New Guinea
- Papuan language stubs
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