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 / -3.794976; 143.998682 (Aramut)) of Marienberg Rural LLG, East Sepik Province, which is located around a large coastal lagoon.[2][3]

Murik
Nor
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionEast Sepik Province
Native speakers
1,000 (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)

Phonology

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Consonants[4]
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar
Plosive p b t d k g
Prenasalized ᵐb ⁿd ⁿdʒ ᵑg
Fricative s
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Approximant w r j
Vowels[4]
Front Central Back
High i u
Mid e ə o
Low a

Pronouns

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Murik independent pronouns are:[4]

singular dual paucal 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

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

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

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.