Mor language (Austronesian)

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

Mor
Native toIndonesia
RegionMoor Island, Nabire Regency, Central Papua
Native speakers
(700 cited 1987)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mhz
Glottologmorm1235
ELPMor (Mor Islands, Indonesia)

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

References

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  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. [1]

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