Waran

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
byz
Alternate Names
Banar, Banara, Banaro
Autonym
Waran
User Population

4,000 (2019 PBT).

Location

East Sepik and Madang provinces.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification
Ramu-Lower Sepik, Ramu, Grass
Language Use

Also use Tok Pisin [tpi]. Used as L2 by Gorovu [grq].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 5%–25%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. NT: 2019.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Waran
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Traditional religion, Christian.