Region Papua Native speakers 50 (1998) Glottolog moro1289 | Ethnicity 250 (1998) ISO 639-3 mok | |
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Language family Trans–New GuineaMorori |
Morori (Marori, Moaraeri, Moraori, Morari) is a moribund Papuan language that forms an independent branch of the Trans–New Guinea family in the classification of Malcolm Ross (2005). All speakers use Papuan Malay or Indonesian as L2, and many know Marind.
An dialect extinct in 1997, Menge, is remembered from ceremonial use.
Pronouns, but little else, connect it to TNG:
References
Morori language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA