Alternate Names: Sinagoro
Dialects: Alepa, Babagarupu, Balawaia, Boku, Buaga, Ikega, Ikolu, Kubuli, Kwaibida, Kwaibo, Omene, Oruone, Saroa, Taboro, Tubulamo, Vora, Wiga. Saroa dialect may be most central for intelligibility. Lexical similarity: 70%–75% with Kalo , (most similar), 65%–70% with Hula ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 18,000 (2000 census).
Language Use: Also use Hiri Motu [hmo], Motu [meu].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1995.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea