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

1. North at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
   South at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "North Tairora". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
3. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "South Tairora". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.