Baruga language

{{Short description|Trans–New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea}}

{{other uses|Bareji language (disambiguation){{!}}Bareji language}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Baruga

|nativename=Bareji

|states=Papua New Guinea

|region=Oro Province

|speakers=2,500

|date=2000–2003

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Papuan

|fam1=Trans–New Guinea

|fam2=Binanderean

|fam3=

|dia1=Tafota

|dia2=Daghoro

|dia3=Bareji

|dia4=Mado

|lc1=bjz|ld1=Baruga

|lc2=dgx|ld2=Doghoro

|glotto=baru1268

|glottorefname=Baruga–Doghoro

}}

Baruga, also known ambiguously as Bareji, is a Papuan language spoken in Oro Province, in the "tail" of Papua New Guinea. 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.