Alternate Names: Engganese
Dialects: None known. Not closely related to other languages.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 1,500 (2000 census), decreasing.
Language Use: Endangered (2000 S. Wurm). Stable presently; threatened long term if emigration and marriage with other language communities continues. Home, village, market, ceremonies. All ages. Positive attitudes. Indonesian [ind] used in civic, religious and educational areas.
Language Development: Poetry. Dictionary.
Nation of Origin: Indonesia
Other Comments: Not conclusively established as an Austronesian language, rather than an isolate with Austronesian loans. Christian, Muslim.