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Nyindrou

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: lid

Population	4,200 (1998 SIL). Few monolinguals.
Region	Manus Province, Manus Island. 10 villages west coast area.
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 1, reference number 5
Alternate names	Lindau, Lindrou, Nyada, Salien
Dialects	Babon. Babon is in 3 southern villages.
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Admiralty Islands, Eastern, Manus, West
Language use	Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Positive attitude.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 50%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. 30% can write it. Taught in primary schools. Radio programs. NT: 2001.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SVO. Fishermen; hunters; agriculturalists. Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

MARTIN, Bill, author. 1999. Lindrou Organised Phonology Data.  

MARTIN, Bill, author. 2002. "Promoting Vernacular Reading Fluency and Scripture Use Through Reading Contests."  

MARTIN, William H., author. 1995. "Nyindrou."

MARTIN, William H.; NYINDROU Alphabet Committee, compilers. 1995. "Nyindrou - English practical phonology."