| Piore River | |
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| Lagoon | |
| Geographic distribution | Sissano Lagoon area and Piore River watershed, West Aitape Rural LLG, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification | Skou
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| Glottolog | lago1243 |
The Piore River or Lagoon languages form a branch of Skou languages. Historically most have been lumped together as a single Warapu language, with Nouri variously classified. They are spoken in the Sissano Lagoon area of West Aitape Rural LLG, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. The Piore River runs to the west of all the languages, and so speakers do not find it an acceptable name. However, it is not clear which name would be better, as the name of the lagoon, 'Sissano', is used for different neighboring languages.