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