- Source: Porome language
Porome, also known as Kibiri, is a Papuan language of southern Papua New Guinea.
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.
Phonology
Porome has 9 native consonants. /s/ occurs in loanwords. There are no glottal consonants.
There are five vowels, which are /a, e, i, o, u/.
Like the surrounding languages, Porome is a tonal language. It has 5 tones.
High-level: kóí ‘cloth’
Low-level: kòì ‘selfish’
Rising: mèrí ‘road’
Falling: mérì ‘pandanus’
Peaking: pàkúmì ‘feather’
Pronouns
The independent pronouns and subject suffixes to the verb are as follows:
Vocabulary
Selected Porome vocabulary from Petterson (2010):
= Body parts
== Numerals
== Village and society
== Nature and environment
== Plants
== Animals
=Comparison
Lexical comparison of Porome with neighboring languages:
Comparison of Porome's phonological inventory with those of neighboring languages:
References
Ross, Malcolm (2005). "Pronouns as a preliminary diagnostic for grouping Papuan languages". In Andrew Pawley; Robert Attenborough; Robin Hide; Jack Golson (eds.). Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 15–66. ISBN 0858835622. OCLC 67292782.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Rumpun bahasa Papua
- Porome language
- Papuan languages
- Trans–New Guinea languages
- Kiwaian languages
- Languages of Papua New Guinea
- List of language families
- Purari language
- Islam in Vietnam
- Islam in Cambodia
- Chams
