- Porome language
Infobox Language
name=Porome
states=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.
latd=7 |latm=27 |latNS=S
longd=144 |longm=17 |longEW=E
speakers=1,100 (1977 SIL).
iso3=prm
region=southernPapua New Guinea
familycolor=Papuan
fam1=Trans-New Guinea ?
fam2=Kiwai-PoromeThe Porome or Kibiri language is a
Papuan language of southernPapua New Guinea . It was classified as alanguage isolate byStephen Würm , but recentlyMalcolm Ross has linked it to the Kiwaian languages of the Trans-New Guinea family. There are over a thousand speakers.ources
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=prm The Ethnologue page for Kibiri]
*Malcolm Ross Pronouns
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