Murik language

E534741

The Murik language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Murik people of northern Papua New Guinea, particularly around the Murik Lakes region near the mouth of the Sepik River.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Murik Lakes language 1
Murik language canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
natural language
continent Oceania
country Papua New Guinea
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Murik people
hasAlternativeName Murik Lakes
Murik Lakes language
linked to: Murik language
hasGlottologCode muri1244
hasGlottologName Murik (Papua New Guinea)
linked to: Murik (New Ireland)
hasLanguageCodeType ISO 639-3
hasPhylum Austronesian
hasTypology subject–verb–object word order
ISO639-3Code mtf
languageFamily Austronesian languages
locatedNear Sepik River
region Murik Lakes
mouth of the Sepik River
spokenBy Murik people
spokenIn East Sepik Province
Papua New Guinea
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
subgroup Kumil languages
linked to: Kumil language

Ngero–Vitiaz languages
North New Guinea languages
Oceanic languages
Western Oceanic languages
usedFor daily communication within Murik communities
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kayanic languages hasMember Murik language
Murik language hasAlternativeName Murik Lakes language
linked to: Murik language