Murik
[alias Nor, Nor-Murik Lakes]Klassifizierung: Lower Sepik-Ramu
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Klassifizierung: Lower Sepik-Ramu
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Lower Sepik-Ramu, Lower Sepik |
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Informationen von: “Australasia and the Pacific” (425-577) . Stephen Wurm (2007) , Christopher Moseley · Routledge
In 1977, 1,476 speakers were reported, it was down to 1,256 in the 1990 census, and is likely to be considerably lower today.
The language is under pressure from Tok Pisin, which the young speakers prefer.
Tok Pisin
No literacy
East Sepik Province, Angoram District. Spoken on the coast west of the mouth of the Sepik River.
Informationen von: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International
English [eng]
Tok Pisin [tpi]
"East Sepik Province, Angoram district, coast west of Sepik river mouth."
Informationen von: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press
Informationen von: “A Tentative Multilevel Multiunit Phonological Analysis of the Murik Language” (339-373) . Abbott, Stan (1985) Australian National University
"The Murik people live in a chain of salt water estuaries known as Murik Lakes. The area is located approximately ten miles west of the mouth of the Sepik River on the coast in the East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea." 6 villages: Jangimut, Wagamut, Aramut, Darapap, Karau, and Mendam."
Informationen von: “Sepik languages: checklist and preliminary classification” . Laycock, Donald C. (1973) , Wurm, Stephen A. · Australian National University, Research School of Pacific Studies, Department of Linguistics
7 villages: Aramut, Darapap, Jangimut, Karau, Kaup, Mendam, and Wagamut.