Murik | |
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Nor | |
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | East Sepik Province |
Native speakers | 1,000 (2000)[1] |
Ramu–Lower Sepik
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mtf |
Glottolog | muri1260 |
ELP | Murik |
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 |
Murik a.k.a. 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) of Marienberg Rural LLG, East Sepik Province, which is located around a large coastal lagoon.[2][3]
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Plosive | p b | t d | dʒ | k g |
Prenasalized | ᵐb | ⁿd | ⁿdʒ | ᵑg |
Fricative | s | |||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ |
Approximant | w | r | j |
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i | u | |
Mid | e | ə | o |
Low | a |
Murik independent pronouns are:[4]
singular | dual | paucal | plural | |
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1 | ma | ga-i | ag-i | e<*a+i |
2 | mi | ga-u | ag-u | o<*a+u |
3 | mən | məndəb | məŋgə | mwa |
Murik nouns are inflected for four numbers.[5]: 897
‘person’ | ‘house’ | |
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singular | nor | iran |
dual | normbo | irambo |
paucal | norgə | iramoara |
plural | normot | iranmot |