Mor or Moor is a
tonal Austronesian language
The Austronesian languages ( ) are a language family widely spoken throughout Maritime Southeast Asia, parts of Mainland Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the islands of the Pacific Ocean and Taiwan (by Taiwanese indigenous peoples). They are spoken b ...
. It is a primary branch of the
South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages
The South Halmahera–West New Guinea (SHWNG) languages are a branch of the Malayo-Polynesian languages, found in the islands and along the shores of the Halmahera Sea in the Indonesian province of North Maluku and of Cenderawasih Bay in the p ...
.
Its dialects are ''Ayombai'', ''Hirom'', and ''Kama''.
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References
Further reading
* Kamholz, David (2009
More Moor (Cenderawasih Bay, Papua, Indonesia)
– Handout on Moor phonology, morphology and syntax
External links
Mor-English glossary
from PanLex
South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages
Languages of Western New Guinea
Tonal languages in non-tonal families
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