Porome language
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| Porome | |
|---|---|
| Kibiri | |
| Spoken in | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Gulf Province, Kikori District, near Aird Hills, on several tributaries of Kikori River, villages of Tipeowo, Doibo, Paile, Babaguina, Ero, and Wowa.southern Papua New Guinea |
| Coordinates | 7°27′S 144°17′E / 7.45°S 144.283°E |
| Native speakers | unknown (1,100 cited 1977)[1] |
| Language family |
Trans–New Guinea ?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | prm |
The Porome or Kibiri language is a Papuan language of southern Papua New Guinea. It was classified as a language isolate by Stephen Wurm, but Malcolm Ross has linked it to the Kiwaian languages, possibly part of the Trans–New Guinea family. There are over a thousand speakers.
[edit] Sources
- ^ Porome at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
- Ross, Malcolm (2005). "Pronouns as a preliminary diagnostic for grouping Papuan languages". In Andrew Pawley, Robert Attenborough, Robin Hide, Jack Golson, eds. Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 15–66. ISBN 0858835622. OCLC 67292782.
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