MZQ ISO 639-3
Mori Atas
A language of Indonesia
- ISO 639
- mzq
- Alternate Names
- Aikoa, Berg-Tomori, Boven-Mori, Upper Mori, West Mori
- Population
- 14,000 (1988 D. Mead).
- Location:
- Central Sulawesi province: Lembo, Mori Atas, and Petasia sub-districts, 25 villages on southeast peninsula neck; South Sulawesi province: Nuha sub-district.
- Language Status
- 6b* (Threatened).
- Classification
- Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Celebic, Eastern, Southeastern, Bungku-Tolaki, Western, Interior
- Dialects
- Impo, Molio’a, Molongkuni, Ulu Uwoi, Tambee (Ajo, South Mori, Zuid-Mori). Lexical similarity: 73%–86% with Mori Bawah [xmz] and Padoe [pdo].
- Language Use
- Most also use Indonesian [ind].
- Language Development
- NT: 1948.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Mori Atas
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Christian.
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Central Sulawesi province: Lembo, Mori Atas, and Petasia sub-districts, 25 villages on southeast peninsula neck; South Sulawesi province: Nuha sub-district.
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