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Tairora, North

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: tbg

Population	6,000 (2003 SIL).
Region	Eastern Highlands Province, Kainantu and Obura districts, south of Kainantu.
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 10, reference number 466
Alternate names	Tairora
Dialects	Aantantara (Andandara), Arau-Varosia (Arau-Barosia), Arokaara (Arokara), Saiqora (Sai’ora), Tairora. Most closely related to South Tairora [omw] and Binumarien [bjr].
Classification	Trans-New Guinea, Kainantu-Goroka, Kainantu, Tairora
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 75%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%. NT: 1979.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SOV. Hunters; agriculturalists.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Anonymous. 2011. Tairora Northern Organised Phonology Data.  

KERR, Harland B., author. 1973. "Subject morphemes in the Tairora verb complex: Obura dialect."

MCELHANON, Kenneth A., editor. 1974. Legends from Papua New Guinea.

MCKAUGHAN, Howard P., author. 1966. "Sequences of clauses in Tairora."

MCKAUGHAN, Howard P., editor. 1973. The languages of the Eastern family of the East New Guinea Highlands stock.

MCKAUGHAN, Howard P.; VINCENT, Alexander, authors. 1974. "Tairora."

VINCENT, Alex; VINCENT, Lois, authors. 1994. Tairora Vinata Organised Phonology Data.  

VINCENT, Alex; VINCENT, Lois, compilers. 1994. Tairora Obura Organised Phonology Data.  

VINCENT, Alexander, author. 1973. "Notes on Tairora noun morphology."

VINCENT, Alexander, author. 1973. "Tairora texts."

VINCENT, Alexander, author. 1973. "Tairora verb structure."

VINCENT, Alexander; VINCENT, Lois, authors. 1962. "Introductory notes on Tairora verb morphology and syntax."

Vernacular Publications

Kaari aiqi utina okarara. 1971.

Kaari sipi okara. 1967.

Koqakuka Airinaaka. 1966.

Naavu okara. 1973.

Ntora seni. n.d.

Tairora - Pidgin - English 1, 4, 5. 1975.

Tairora - Pidgin - English 2, 3. 1974.

Tairora - Pidgin - English. 1965.

Tairora 1. 1964.

Tairora 1-2. 1985.

Tairora 2. 1964.

Tairora 3. 1964.

Tairora 4. 1965.

Tairora qata 3. 1971.

Tairora vakaaka 1-3. 1965.

Vauvaari ai navutaara. 1965.

Vuri vuku. 1967.