| Banaro | |
|---|---|
| Waran | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Madang & East Sepik Provinces |
Native speakers | 4,000 (2019) [1] |
Ramu
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
byz |
| Glottolog |
bana1292 |
| ELP | Banaro |
Banaro is a Ramu language of Papua New Guinea. It is lexically divergent from the other branches of the family, having remarkably few cognates. [2] [3]
References
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^
Banaro at
Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Donald C. Laycock, 1973. 'Sepik languages: checklist and preliminary classification'. Pacific linguistics, Series B, Issue 25. Australian National University, Department of Linguistics.
- ^ Andrew Pawley, 2005, Papuan pasts