Baruga, also known ambiguously as Bareji, is a
Papuan language
The Papuan languages are the non-Austronesian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands in Indonesia, Solomon Islands, and East Timor. It is a strictly geographical grouping, and does not imply a ...
spoken in
Oro Province
Oro Province, formerly (and officially still) Northern Province, is a coastal Provinces of Papua New Guinea, province in the Southern Region, Papua New Guinea, Southern Region of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital is Popondetta. The provinc ...
, in the "tail" of
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...
. The four rather divergent dialects are Tafota, Daghoro, Bareji, Mado. They are part of the Binanderean family of the
Trans–New Guinea phylum of languages.
Phonology
Consonants
* /t, k/ may also be frequently aspirated
Ê°, kÊ°
* /β, ɾ/ may also be heard as
, l
Vowels
Nasalized vowels are also present.
* Vowels /e, a, o/ may have allophones as
›, É‘, É”
References
Languages of Oro Province
Greater Binanderean languages
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