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 / -3.794976; 143.998682 (Aramut)) of Marienberg Rural LLG, East Sepik Province, which is located around a large coastal lagoon.[3][4]

Not to be confused with Murik Kayan language.

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[2]
Coordinates: 3.794976°S 143.998682°E / -3.794976; 143.998682 (Aramut)

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. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Murik (Papua New Guinea)". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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.