Banaro language explained

Banaro
Also Known As:Waran
States:Papua New Guinea
Region:Madang & East Sepik Provinces
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.[1] [2]

Notes and 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