Tairora language
| Tairoa | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Eastern Highlands Province |
| Ethnicity | Tairora |
Native speakers | 13,000 (2003)[1] |
|
Trans–New Guinea
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
Either: tbg – North omw – South |
| Glottolog |
nort2920 (North)[2]sout2943 (South)[3] |
Tairoa (Tairora) is a Kainantu language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
Tairoa proper, or North Tairoa, includes dialects Aantantara (Andandara), Arau-Varosia (Arau-Barosia), Arokaara, Saiqora (Sai’ora), Tairora.
South Tairoa, AKA Omwunra-Toqura, has dialects Aatasaara (Atakara), Haaviqinra-Oraura (Habina-Oraura), Omwunra-Toqura (Obura-To’okena), Vaira-Ntosara (Baira), Veqaura (Meauna), Vinaata-Konkompira (Pinata-Konkombira).
References
- ↑ North at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
South at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "North Tairora". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "South Tairora". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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