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; sout2943 South

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)

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)