The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
| Population | 6,000 (1991 Bender and Rehg), 50% of the population, 7,000 including second language users (1991 UBS). |
| Region | Nauru Island, Pleasant Island, isolated atoll west of Kiribati. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Micronesian, Nauruan. |
| Comments | Almost all people are bilingual in English. Children apparently not learning Nauru. Active use. Used as a second language by the Kiribati, Tuvalu, Kosraean, Marshallese. School attendance is required from age 6 to 17. National language. Fishermen, phosphate mining. Christian. Bible 1918. |
