Banaro language

Banaro
Banaro
Waran
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Madang & East Sepik Provinces
Native speakers	4,000 (2019)
Language family	Ramu Ramu proper Banaro; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	byz
Glottolog	bana1292
ELP	Banaro

Last updated January 02, 2026

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

↑ 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

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[e25-1] Banaro at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[2] Donald C. Laycock, 1973. 'Sepik languages: checklist and preliminary classification'. Pacific linguistics, Series B, Issue 25. Australian National University, Department of Linguistics.

[3] Andrew Pawley, 2005, Papuan pasts

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