Nanggu language

Nanggu language
Nanggu
Spoken in Solomon Islands
Region Nendo Island
Coordinates 10°44′S 165°53′E / 10.733°S 165.883°E / -10.733; 165.883
Native speakers 210  (1999)
Language family
Austronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ngr

The Nanggu language is one of two Reefs – Santa Cruz languages spoken on Nendö Island (the other is called Santa Cruz).

Names

The language is known by outsiders as Nanggu (IPA: [naᵑgu]), from the name of one of the villages where it is still spoken. The same name is also spelled sometimes Nangu or Nagu.[1]

The local population prefers to name the language Engdewu, after the name of the ancient village where it was initially spoken.[2]

External links

Notes

  1. ^ Nanggu language at Ethnologue.
  2. ^ See ISO639-3 renaming proposal.



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