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Porome language

Language isolate of Papua New Guinea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Porome language
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Porome, also known as Kibiri, is a Papuan language of southern Papua New Guinea.

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Classification

Porome was classified as a language isolate by Stephen Wurm. Although Malcolm Ross linked it to the Kiwaian languages, there is no evidence for a connection apart from the pronouns 1sg amo and 2sg do (cf. proto-Kiwaian *mo and *oro).

Distribution

There are over a thousand speakers in Babaguina (7.480977°S 144.254009°E / -7.480977; 144.254009 (Babaguina)), Doibo (7.45766°S 144.271731°E / -7.45766; 144.271731 (Doibo/Babeio/Veiru)), Ero (7.446131°S 144.364831°E / -7.446131; 144.364831 (Ero)), Paile, Tipeowo, and Wowa (7.414287°S 144.315579°E / -7.414287; 144.315579 (Wowou)) villages in West Kikori Rural LLG and East Kikori Rural LLG of Gulf Province, near the Aird Hills and Kikori River tributaries.[2][3]

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Phonology

Porome has 9 native consonants. /s/ occurs in loanwords. There are no glottal consonants.[4]

ptk~g~ɣ
bd
v
mn
r
(s)

There are five vowels, which are /a, e, i, o, u/.[4]

Like the surrounding languages, Porome is a tonal language. It has 5 tones.[4]

  • High-level: kóí ‘cloth’
  • Low-level: kòì ‘selfish’
  • Rising: mèrí ‘road’
  • Falling: mérìpandanus
  • Peaking: pàkúmì ‘feather’

Pronouns

The independent pronouns and subject suffixes to the verb are as follows:

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Vocabulary

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Selected Porome vocabulary from Petterson (2010):[5]

Body parts

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Numerals

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Village and society

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Nature and environment

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Plants

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Animals

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Comparison

Lexical comparison of Porome with neighboring languages:[4]

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Comparison of Porome's phonological inventory with those of neighboring languages:[4]

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References

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