Native to Indonesia ISO 639-3 mzq | Region Sulawesi Glottolog mori1269 | |
Native speakers (28,000 with Mori Bawah cited 1988) Language family Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian (MP)
Nuclear MP
Celebic
Bungku–Tolaki
Western
Interior
Mori Atas | ||
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.
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Classification
Mori Atas is classified as a member of the Bungku-Tolaki group of languages, and shares its closest affinities with the Padoe language. Together, Mori Atas and Mori Bawah are sometimes referred to collectively by the cover term ‘Mori’.
Dialects
Mori Atas presents a complicated dialect situation. Following Esser, five dialects can be regarded as principal.
References
Mori Atas language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA