TBG ISO 639-3
Tairora, North
Tairora Autonym
A language of Papua New Guinea
- ISO 639
- tbg
- Alternate Names
- Mopara
- Autonym
- Tairora
- Population
- 5,000 (Vincent and Kaave 2010).
- Location:
- Eastern Highlands province: Kainantu and Obura districts, north of Kainantu.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Trans-New Guinea, Kainantu-Goroka, Kainantu, Tairora
- Dialects
- Aantantara (Andandara), Arau-Varosia (Arau-Barosia), Arokaara (Arokara), Saiqora (Sai’ora), Tairora.
- Typology
- SOV.
- Language Use
- Also use Tok Pisin [tpi]. Used as L2 by Asa’a [kyy].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L1: 75%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%. Texts. NT: 1979–2012.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Tairora, North
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Eastern Highlands province: Kainantu and Obura districts, north of Kainantu.
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