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Coordinates: 3°47′42″S 143°59′55″E / 3.794976°S 143.998682°E / -3.794976; 143.998682 (Aramut)
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Murik
Nor
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionEast Sepik Province
Native speakers
(1,000 cited 2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mtf
Glottologmuri1260
ELPMurik
Nor is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.
Coordinates: 3°47′42″S 143°59′55″E / 3.794976°S 143.998682°E / -3.794976; 143.998682 (Aramut)

Murik, or Nor, is a Lower Sepik language spoken in Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Murik ward (3°47′42″S 143°59′55″E / 3.794976°S 143.998682°E / -3.794976; 143.998682 (Aramut)) of Marienberg Rural LLG, East Sepik Province, which is located around a large coastal lagoon.[2][3]

Phonology

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Consonants[4]
LabialAlveolarPalatalVelar
Plosivep bt dk g
Prenasalizedᵐbⁿdⁿdʒᵑg
Fricatives
Nasalmnɲŋ
Approximantwrj
Vowels[4]
FrontCentralBack
Highiu
Mideəo
Lowa

Pronouns

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Murik independent pronouns are:[4]

singulardualpaucalplural
1maga-iag-ie<*a+i
2miga-uag-uo<*a+u
3mənməndəbməŋgəmwa

Nouns

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Murik nouns are inflected for four numbers.[5]: 897 

‘person’‘house’
singularnoriran
dualnormboirambo
paucalnorgəiramoara
pluralnormotiranmot

References

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  1. ^ Murik at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
  3. ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
  4. ^ a b c Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
  5. ^ Foley, William A. (2018). "The morphosyntactic typology of Papuan languages". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 895–938. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
    Murik
    Nor
    Native toPapua New Guinea
    RegionEast Sepik Province
    Native speakers
    (1,000 cited 2000)[1]
    Language codes
    ISO 639-3mtf
    Glottologmuri1260
    ELPMurik
    Nor is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.
    Coordinates: 3°47′42″S 143°59′55″E / 3.794976°S 143.998682°E / -3.794976; 143.998682 (Aramut)

    Murik, or Nor, is a Lower Sepik language spoken in Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Murik ward (3°47′42″S 143°59′55″E / 3.794976°S 143.998682°E / -3.794976; 143.998682 (Aramut)) of Marienberg Rural LLG, East Sepik Province, which is located around a large coastal lagoon.[2][3]

    Phonology

    Consonants[4]
    LabialAlveolarPalatalVelar
    Plosivep bt dk g
    Prenasalizedᵐbⁿdⁿdʒᵑg
    Fricatives
    Nasalmnɲŋ
    Approximantwrj
    Vowels[4]
    FrontCentralBack
    Highiu
    Mideəo
    Lowa

    Pronouns

    Murik independent pronouns are:[4]

    singulardualpaucalplural
    1maga-iag-ie<*a+i
    2miga-uag-uo<*a+u
    3mənməndəbməŋgəmwa

    Nouns

    Murik nouns are inflected for four numbers.[5]: 897 

    ‘person’‘house’
    singularnoriran
    dualnormboirambo
    paucalnorgəiramoara
    pluralnormotiranmot

    References

    1. ^ Murik at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    2. ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
    3. ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
    4. ^ a b c Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
    5. ^ Foley, William A. (2018). "The morphosyntactic typology of Papuan languages". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 895–938. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
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