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

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.

There are over a thousand speakers in Babaguina (7°28′52″S 144°15′14″E / 7.480977°S 144.254009°E / -7.480977; 144.254009 (Babaguina)), Doibo (7°27′28″S 144°16′18″E / 7.45766°S 144.271731°E / -7.45766; 144.271731 (Doibo/Babeio/Veiru)), Ero (7°26′46″S 144°21′53″E / 7.446131°S 144.364831°E / -7.446131; 144.364831 (Ero)), Paile, Tipeowo, and Wowa (7°24′51″S 144°18′56″E / 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.

[4] The independent pronouns and subject suffixes to the verb are as follows: Selected Porome vocabulary from Petterson (2010):[5] Lexical comparison of Porome with neighboring languages:[4] Comparison of Porome's phonological inventory with those of neighboring languages:[4]