Mor language (Austronesian) explained

Mor language (Austronesian) should not be confused with Mor language (Papuan).

Mor
Region:West Papua
States:Indonesia
Speakers:700
Date:1987
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Fam4:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Fam5:South Halmahera–West New Guinea
Iso3:mhz
Glotto:morm1235
Glottorefname:Mor (Mor Islands)

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

Its dialects are Ayombai, Hirom, and Kama.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Kamholz . David . Austronesians in Papua: Diversification and Change in South Halmahera–West New Guinea . 2014 . Ph.D. . University of California, Berkeley . https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8zg8b1vd