Nalögo

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A language of Solomon Islands

ISO 639-3
nlz
Alternate Names
Nalrgo, Nea, Southern Santa Cruz
Autonym
Nalögo
User Population

1,620 (2007 census), increasing.

Location

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

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Temotu, Reefs-Santa Cruz
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. Used by all. 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.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Nalögo
Writing

Latin script [Latn].