Alternate Names: Bure, Nabu, Naho, Nahu, Ndo
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 54% with Rawa ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 6,900 (2003 SIL).
Language Use: Very stable on the inland side of the Finisterres because of isolation. On the coastal side, with more cross-language interaction, there is much more admixture with Tok Pisin [tpi]. Home, church, community. All ages. Positive attitudes. Tok Pisin [tpi] widely used.
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 10%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Vernacular preschools. Grammar. NT: 2009.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea