https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/ 2026-08-04T16:31:50+00:00 https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/ https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/_media/wiki/dokuwiki.svg text/html 2024-06-25T17:41:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/families/trans-new-guinea/cook-river-kolopom/kolopom/moraori?rev=1719337266&do=diff Moraori Timothy Usher, Santa Fe Institute Situation [under construction] …east of Marind territory near the Papuan border. Drabbe (1954: CITE) 40 speakers… Donohue (1996: CITE) 150 by 1996… Due to its location, Moraori has been significantly influenced by not only Marind but also the Morehead River languages Yey and especially Kanum (q.v. Drabbe 1954: 53-68, Donohue 1996.) text/html 2024-06-25T17:41:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/families/trans-new-guinea/cook-river-kolopom/kolopom/ndom?rev=1719337266&do=diff Ndom Timothy Usher, Santa Fe Institute Situation Ndom is spoken by approximately 300 people (1949) living in six small villages in the west portion of Kolopom (Frederick-Hendrick) island. Drabbe names these villages as Kariràm (Kalilam,) Fatàgh (Kambrada,) Murùba, Wétaghu, Pembrö and Sabèndar. They call themselves the Ndom-wer /ndom-wer/ ( text/html 2024-06-25T17:41:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/families/trans-new-guinea/cook-river-kolopom/kolopom/start?rev=1719337266&do=diff Kolopom Timothy Usher, Santa Fe Institute Situation The Kolopom language family consists of four languages spoken in the Merauke regency of Indonesia's Papua Province, three on Kolopom (Yos Sudarso, Frederik-Hendrik) island and one, Moraori (Morari,) located east of Marind territory near the Papuan border. The Fly River language Marind is plainly intrusive to the region, and is presumably the reason for Moraori's geographical separation from the insular Kolopom languages.