Nor language

Murik a.k.a. Nor is a Lower Sepik language spoken in Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Murik ward (3.794976°S 143.998682°E) of Marienberg Rural LLG, East Sepik Province, which is located around a large coastal lagoon.[3][4]

Murik
Nor
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	East Sepik Province
Native speakers	1,000 (2000)[1]
Language family	Ramu–Lower Sepik Lower Sepik (Nor–Pondo) Nor? Murik
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mtf
Glottolog	muri1260
ELP	Murik[2]
Coordinates: 3.794976°S 143.998682°E

Phonology

Murik consonants are:[5]

p	t		k
b	d	ʤ	ɡ
ᵐb	ⁿd	ᶮʤ	ᵑg
m	n	ɲ	ŋ
	s
	r
w		j

Pronouns

Murik independent pronouns are:[5]

	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

Murik nouns are inflected for four numbers.[6]^:897

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

References

1. Murik at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Endangered Languages Project data for Murik.
3. 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.
4. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
5. 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. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
6. 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. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 895–938. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.