Ethnologue

Iduna

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Vivigana, Vivigani

Population

6,000 (1984 SIL).

Location

Milne Bay province: Esa’ala district, north coast, Goodenough island.

Language Maps

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

Waibula, Ufaufa, Idakamenai, Belebele, Kalauna, Goiala, Ufufu, Central Vivigani. Lexical similarity: 72% with Bwaidoka [bwd] (most similar).

Language Use

Used as L2 by Kaninuwa [wat], Koluwawa [klx].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 75%–100%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%–100%. Grammar. NT: 1983–2003.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Three-quarters of the children are in school.