Mor language (Austronesian)

Not to be confused with Mor language (Papuan).

Mor or Moor is a tonal Austronesian language in the putative Cenderawasih branch (Geelvink Bay) of Indonesian Papua.

Mor
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Moor Island, Nabire Regency, Central Papua
Native speakers	(700 cited 1987)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Eastern Malayo-Polynesian South Halmahera–West New Guinea Mor
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mhz
Glottolog	morm1235
ELP	Mor (Mor Islands, Indonesia)

Its dialects are Ayombai, Hirom, and Kama.^[2]: 18

References

1. Mor at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Kamholz, David (2014). Austronesians in Papua: Diversification and Change in South Halmahera–West New Guinea (PDF) (Ph.D. thesis). University of California, Berkeley.

Further reading

• Kamholz, David (2009) More Moor (Cenderawasih Bay, Papua, Indonesia) – Handout on Moor phonology, morphology and syntax

External links

• Mor-English glossary from PanLex