Alternate Names: Mortlock, Taku, Tau, Tauu
Dialects: None known. Distinct from Nukumanu , and Nukuria , and Ontong Java , and Sikaiana , in Solomon Islands, though very closely related.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 1,750 (2003 SIL), decreasing. 350 monolinguals.
Language Use: Not endangered (2000 D. Tryon). Most domains. Positive attitudes.
Language Development: Taught in primary schools. Poetry. Films. Dictionary. NT: 2009.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea
Other Comments: Christian, traditional religion.