Banaro
AltnameWaran
StatesPapua New Guinea
RegionMadang & East Sepik Provinces
Date2019
Refe25
FamilycolorPapuan
Fam 1Ramu
Fam 2Ramu proper
Iso 3byz
Glottobana1292
GlottorefnameBanaro

Banaro is a Ramu language of Papua New Guinea. It is lexically divergent from the other branches of the family, having remarkably few cognates.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Donald C. Laycock, 1973. 'Sepik languages: checklist and preliminary classification'. Pacific linguistics, Series B, Issue 25. Australian National University, Department of Linguistics.
  2. ^ Andrew Pawley, 2005, Papuan pasts