Alternate Names: Nambakaengö, Natqgu, Northern Santa Cruz
Dialects: Bënwë, Londai, Malo, Ndeni (Deni), Nea, Nooli. Speakers of most dialects understand Malo and Bënwë.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 4,280 (2007 census), increasing.
Language Use: Vigorous. Home, church, village. All ages. Increasingly positive attitudes. Also use Pijin [pis]. Used as L2 by Engdewu [ngr].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 25%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–60%. English texts. Pijin lectures. Dictionary. NT: 2005–2008.
Typology: VSO.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Solomon Islands