Baruga

The Baruga are a Papuan people of Oro Province on the northeast coast of the Bird's Tail of New Guinea. Their speech, also called Bareji, belongs to the Binanderean family of the Trans–New Guinea phylum and, with Gaina and Korafe, forms its southeastern coastal branch.

Baruga is split into four markedly divergent dialects: Tafota, Daghoro, Bareji and Mado. These mark a string of distinct local communities along the Oro coast.