# Banaro language

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{{Short description|Ramu language of Papua New Guinea}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Banaro
|nativename=
|altname=Waran
|states=Papua New Guinea
|region=[Madang](/source/Madang) & [East Sepik Province](/source/East_Sepik_Province)s
|speakers={{sigfig|4,000|2}}
|date=2019
|ref=e25
|familycolor=Papuan
|fam1        = [Ramu](/source/Ramu_languages)
|fam2        = Ramu proper
|iso3=byz
|glotto=bana1292
|glottorefname=Banaro
}}

'''Banaro''' is a [Ramu language](/source/Ramu_language) of [Papua New Guinea](/source/Papua_New_Guinea). It is lexically divergent from the other branches of the family, having remarkably few [cognate](/source/cognate)s.<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>

==References==
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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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