Austronesian language spoken in Sulawesi, Indonesia
Mori Atas , also known as Upper Mori or West Mori , is an Austronesian language of the Celebic branch. The traditional Mori Atas homeland is the upper course of the Laa River in Central Sulawesi .
Mori Atas is classified as a member of the Bungku-Tolaki group of languages, and shares its closest affinities with the Padoe language .[ 2] Together, Mori Atas and Mori Bawah are sometimes referred to collectively by the cover term Mori .
Mori Atas presents a complicated dialect situation. Following Esser, five dialects can be regarded as principal.[ 3]
Molio’a
Ulu’uwoi
Tambee
Molongkuni
Impo
^ Mori Atas at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Mead, David. Proto-Bungku-Tolaki: Reconstruction of its phonology and aspects of its morphosyntax. (PhD dissertation, Rice University, 1998), p. 117.
^ Esser, S. J. Phonology and Morphology of Mori , translated from the Dutch version of 1927-1933 (Dallas: SIL, 2011), pp. 2 ff.
* indicates proposed status ? indicates classification dispute † indicates extinct status
* indicates proposed status ? indicates classification dispute † indicates extinct status