Nauruan
PrintA language of Nauru
ISO 639-3
Population
6,000 (Bender and Rehg 1991), decreasing.
Location
Nauru Island.
Language Status
3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language.
Language Use
Children not learning it anymore (Wurm 2007). Mainly adults. Almost all are bilingual in English [eng].
Language Development
School attendance required from age 6 to 17. Literacy is high. Bible: 1918.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script.
Christian.