Alternate Names: Nalrgo, Nea, Southern Santa Cruz
Dialects: End of a dialect chain not mutually intelligible of its sister language Natügu , at the other end.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 1,620 (2007 census), increasing.
Language Use: Vital language. Home, village life. All ages. Increasingly positive attitudes. Also use Pijin [pis]. Used as L2 by Engdewu [ngr].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 15%. Literacy rate in L2: 25–40%. Interest in vernacular increasing. Taught in primary and secondary schools. Bible portions.
Typology: VSO.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Solomon Islands