Tairora language

Tairoa
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Eastern Highlands Province
Ethnicity	Tairora
Native speakers	13,000 (2003)[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Kainantu–Goroka Kainantu Tairoric Tairoa; ; ; ;
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, eds. (2017). "North Tairora". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "South Tairora". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

External links

Paradisec has two collections of Arthur Cappell's materials (AC1, AC2) that include North Tairoa language materials.
Tairora-English Dictionary
Tairora word list

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[e18-1] North at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
South at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "North Tairora". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[Glottolog2-3] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "South Tairora". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.