Nor language explained

Nor language should not be confused with Murik Kayan language.

Murik
Nativename:	Nor
States:	Papua New Guinea
Region:	East Sepik Province
Coordinates:	-3.795°N 143.9987°W
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
Iso3:	mtf
Glotto:	muri1260
Glottorefname:	Murik (Papua New Guinea)

Murik a.k.a. Nor is a Lower Sepik language spoken in Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Murik ward (-3.795°N 143.9987°W) of Marienberg Rural LLG, East Sepik Province, which is located around a large coastal lagoon.^{[1] [2]}

Phonology

Consonants!!Labial!Alveolar!Palatal!Velar

Plosive	pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Prenasalized	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/
Fricative		pronounced as /link/
Nasal	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/
Approximant	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/

Vowels!!Front!Central!Back

High	pronounced as /link/		pronounced as /link/
Mid	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/
Low		pronounced as /link/

Pronouns

Murik independent pronouns are:^[3]

	singular	dual		plural
1	ma	ga-i	ag-i	e<*a+i
2	mi	ga-u	ag-u	o<*a+u
3	mən	məndəb	məŋgə	mwa

Nouns

Murik nouns are inflected for four numbers.^[4]

	‘person’	‘house’
singular	nor	iran
dual	normbo	irambo
paucal	norgə	iramoara
plural	normot	iranmot

Notes and References

1. Web site: Papua New Guinea languages . Ethnologue

   Languages of the World

   . 22nd . Eberhard . David M. . Simons . Gary F. . Fennig . Charles D. . 2019 . Dallas . SIL International.
2. Web site: Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup . United Nations in Papua New Guinea . Humanitarian Data Exchange . 1.31.9 . 2018.
3. Book: Foley, William A. . William A. Foley

   . William A. Foley . Palmer . Bill . 2018 . The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide . The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs . The World of Linguistics . 4 . Berlin . De Gruyter Mouton . 197–432 . 978-3-11-028642-7.

4. Book: Foley, William A. . William A. Foley

   . William A. Foley . Palmer . Bill . 2018 . The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide . The morphosyntactic typology of Papuan languages . The World of Linguistics . 4 . Berlin . De Gruyter Mouton . 895–938 . 978-3-11-028642-7.