Nyindrou

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
lid
Alternate Names
Lindau, Lindrou, Nyada, Salien
Autonym
Nyindrou
User Population

4,800 (2000 census). Few monolinguals.

Location

Manus province: Manus island west coast. 10 villages.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Admiralty Islands, Eastern, Manus, West
Dialects

Babon. Babon is in 3 southern villages.

Typology

SVO.

Language Use

Vigorous. All domains. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Also use Bipi [biq]. Also use Khehek [tlx]. Also use Sori-Harengan [sbh]. Used as L2 by Likum [lib], Sori-Harengan [sbh].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 50%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. 30% can write it. Radio. NT: 2001.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Nyindrou
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian.