Ethnologue

Nalögo

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Nalrgo, Nea, Southern Santa Cruz

Autonym

Nalögo

Population

1,620 (2007 census), increasing.

Location

Temotu province: south Santa Cruz island, Bibö, Nea, and Nooli villages.

Language Maps

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

End of a dialect chain not mutually intelligible of its sister language Natügu [ntu] at the other end.

Typology

VSO.

Language Use

Vital language. Home, village life. All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use Pijin [pis]. Used as L2 by Engdewu [ngr].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 15%. Literacy rate in L2: 25–40%. Interest in vernacular increasing. Taught in primary and secondary schools.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].