Kibiri language
| Porome | |
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| Kibiri | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Gulf Province, Kikori District, near Aird Hills, on several tributaries of Kikori River, villages of Tipeowo, Doibo, Paile, Babaguina, Ero, and Wowa.southern Papua New Guinea |
| Coordinates | 7°27′S 144°17′E / 7.450°S 144.283°E |
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Native speakers
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1,200 (2011) |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | |
| Glottolog | kibi1239 |
Map: The Porome language of New Guinea
The Porome language (large bay, southern PNG)
Trans–New Guinea languages
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
Uninhabited
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Porome, also known as Kibiri, is a Papuan language of southern Papua New Guinea. There are over a thousand speakers.
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.
The independent pronouns and subject suffixes to the verb are as follows:
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