Nukuria

NUR

vigorous

Alternate Names: Fead, Nahoa, Nuguria

Dialects: Nukeria.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Central-Eastern Oceanic
Remote Oceanic
Central Pacific
East Fijian-Polynesian
Polynesian
Nuclear
Samoic-Outlier
Ellicean

Demographics: 550 (2003 SIL). 170 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 700.

Language Development: Taught in primary schools.

Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea

Other Comments: Distinct from Takuu , and Nukumanu , in Papua New Guinea and Sikaiana , and Luangiua (Ontong Java ,) in Solomon Islands. Christian.