Banaro language

{{Short description|Ramu language of Papua New Guinea}} {{Infobox language |name=Banaro |nativename= |altname=Waran |states=Papua New Guinea |region=Madang & East Sepik Provinces |speakers={{sigfig|4,000|2}} |date=2019 |ref=e25 |familycolor=Papuan |fam1 = Ramu |fam2 = Ramu proper |iso3=byz |glotto=bana1292 |glottorefname=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.<ref>Donald C. Laycock, 1973. 'Sepik languages: checklist and preliminary classification'. ''Pacific linguistics'', Series B, Issue 25. Australian National University, Department of Linguistics.</ref><ref>Andrew Pawley, 2005, ''Papuan pasts''</ref>

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{{Languages of Papua New Guinea}} {{Ramu–Lower Sepik languages}}

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Category:Ramu languages Category:Languages of East Sepik Province Category:Languages of Madang Province

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