Endangered Languages Project - Murik

Murik

^{[aka Nor, Nor-Murik Lakes]}

Classification: Lower Sepik-Ramu

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Nor, Nor-Murik Lakes
CLASSIFICATION		Lower Sepik-Ramu, Lower Sepik
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		mtf
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Australasia and the Pacific” (425-577) . Stephen Wurm (2007) , Christopher Moseley · Routledge

Threatened

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<1,256
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
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.

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

The language is under pressure from Tok Pisin, which the young speakers prefer.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Tok Pisin

More on Orthography

No literacy

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: East Sepik Province, Angoram District. Spoken on the coast west of the mouth of the Sepik River.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,500
Native speakers worldwide

Scripts (Writing system): Latin

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "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."

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,256
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,476
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1970

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: 7 villages: Aramut, Darapap, Jangimut, Karau, Kaup, Mendam, and Wagamut.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(Wurm 2000)

DATE OF INFO: 2000

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "East Sepik Province, Angoram district, coast west of Sepik river mouth."

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LOCATION INFORMATION

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COORDINATES

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press