Alternate Names: Salaru
Dialects: Kandar. Slight dialect differences. Not closely related to nearby languages. Lexical similarity: 56% with Seluwasan ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 8,000 (2001 SIL).
Language Use: Vigorous. Also use Indonesian [ind].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Grammar. Bible portions: 1997–2010.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Indonesia
Other Comments: Christian.