Tairoa (Tairora) is a
Kainantu language spoken in
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
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Tairoa proper, or North Tairoa, includes dialects ''Aantantara (Andandara), Arau-Varosia (Arau-Barosia), Arokaara, Saiqora (Sai’ora), Tairora''.
South Tairoa, Omwunra-Toqura, has dialects ''Aatasaara (Atakara), Haaviqinra-Oraura (Habina-Oraura), Omwunra-Toqura (Obura-To’okena), Vaira-Ntosara (Baira), Veqaura (Meauna), Vinaata-Konkompira (Pinata-Konkombira).''
Further reading
*Vincent, Alexander. 1973. Notes on Tairora noun morphology. In: McKaughan (ed.), 530–546.
*Vincent, Lois E. and Anisi Kaave. 2010. ''Tairora-English Dictionary''. Orlando, FL: Wycliffe.
*Gajdusek, D. Carleton. 1980. ''Territory of Papua New Guinea: Return to New Britain, Kuru Investigations in the Okapa Region, Kukukuku Studies and a Journey through Genatei, Awa, Oweina-Waisara and Pinata-Tairora Villages. December 25, 1963 to April 13, 1964''. Bethesda, Maryland: National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke. (contains a word list of South Tairora)
References
External links
* Paradisec has two collections of
Arthur Cappell's materials
AC1AC2
that include North Tairoa language materials.
Tairora-English Dictionary
Tairora word list
{{Kainantu–Goroka languages
Kainantu–Goroka languages
Languages of Eastern Highlands Province