| Morori | |
|---|---|
| Marori | |
| Moraori | |
| Region | Kampung Wasur,Merauke Regency,South Papua,Indonesia[1] |
| Ethnicity | Marori; 250 (1998)[2] |
Native speakers | (50 cited 1998)[2] |
Trans–New Guinea
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mok |
| Glottolog | moro1289 |
| ELP | Marori |
 Map: The Morori language of New Guinea The Morori language (near the southern cape) Other Trans–New Guinea languages Other Papuan languages Austronesian languages Uninhabited | |
Morori (Marori, Moaraeri, Moraori, Morari) is a moribundPapuan language of theKolopom branch of theTrans–New Guinea family. It is separated from the other Kolopom languages by the intrusiveMarind family.[3] All speakers usePapuan Malay or Indonesian as L2, and many knowMarind.[2]
A dialect extinct in 1997, Menge, is remembered from ceremonial use.
Marori is spoken in Kampung Wasur, which in 2010 had 413 people (98 families) total and 119 Marori people (52 Marori families).[1]
Marori has 22 consonants and 6 vowels, which are:[1]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Plosive | prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | ⁿʤ | ᵑɡ | |
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
| voiceless | p | t | k | |||
| Fricative | ɸ | s | h | |||
| Approximant | w | l | j | |||
| Rhotic | r | |||||
On the other hand, the majority ofTrans-New Guinea languages usually have around 10–15 consonants.[1]
Pronouns, but little else, connect it to TNG:
| sg | pl | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | na | ni-ɛ |
| 2 | ka | ki-ɛ |
| 3 | ŋɡafi | ŋɡamdɛ |
The following basic vocabulary words are from Voorhoeve (1975),[4] as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:[5]
| gloss | Morori |
|---|---|
| head | merao |
| hair | pu |
| eye | ayix |
| tooth | terox |
| leg | tegu |
| louse | nemeŋk |
| dog | koro |
| pig | bosik |
| bird | ujif |
| egg | vi |
| blood | ŋgorom |
| bone | ŋgwar |
| skin | par |
| tree | kwi |
| man | yexri |
| sun | kum |
| water | deke |
| fire | sir |
| stone | mere |
| name | nex |
| eat | kef |
| one | sekodu |
| two | yenadu |
Marori reflexes ofproto-Trans-New Guinea (pTNG) etyma are:[6]
Ross, Malcolm (2005). "Pronouns as a preliminary diagnostic for grouping Papuan languages". InAndrew Pawley; Robert Attenborough; Robin Hide; Jack Golson (eds.).Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 15–66.doi:10.15144/PL-572.ISBN 0858835622.OCLC 67292782.