Alternate Names: Lindau, Lindrou, Nyada, Salien
Dialects: Babon. Babon is in 3 southern villages.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 4,200 (1998 SIL). Few monolinguals.
Language Use: Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use Bipi [biq], Khehek [tlx], Sori-Harengan [sbh]. Used as L2 by Likum [lib], Sori-Harengan [sbh].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 50%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. 30% can write it. Taught in primary schools. Radio programs. NT: 2001.
Typology: SVO.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea
Other Comments: Christian.