NLZ ISO 639-3
Nalögo
Nalögo Autonym
A language of Solomon Islands
- ISO 639
- nlz
- 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 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. Taught in primary and secondary schools.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Nalögo
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Temotu province: south Santa Cruz island, Bibö, Nea, and Nooli villages.
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