The Porapora languages (alternatively the core Grass or Porapora River languages) are a pair of closely related languages in the

Ramu The Ramu River is a major river in northern Papua New Guinea. The headwaters of the river are formed in the Kratke Range from where it then travels about northwest to the Bismarck Sea. Along the Ramu's course, it receives numerous tributaries ...

language family, Gorovu and Adjora (Abu), spoken along the border of

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and

Madang Province Madang is a province of Papua New Guinea. The province is on the northern coast of mainland Papua New Guinea and has many of the country's highest peaks, active volcanoes and its biggest mix of languages. The capital is the town of Madang. D ...

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. Foley classifies them as part of the

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group of languages, but Usher break up the Grass languages. Foley (2018) included Aion (Ambakich) as well, but it has since been shown to be one of the

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Phonemes

Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant inventory as follows:New Guinea World, Porapora River
/ref> : Vowels are *i *ʉ *u *a.

Pronouns

Usher (2020) reconstructs the pronouns as: : Adjora has 1sg ''na'', but that derives from an oblique form.

References

External links

* Timothy Usher, New Guinea World
Proto–Porapora River
{{Ramu–Lower Sepik languages Tamolan–Ataitan languages Languages of Madang Province Languages of East Sepik Province