Engdewu, also known as ''Nanggu'' or ''Nagu'', is one of two
Reefs – Santa Cruz languages spoken on
Nendö Island
Nendö is the largest of the Santa Cruz Islands, located in the Temotu province of Solomon Islands. The island is also known as Santa Cruz, Nendo, Ndeni, Nitendi or Ndende. The name ''Santa Cruz'' was given to the island in 1595 by the Spa ...
(the other is
Santa Cruz).
Names
The language used to be known by outsiders as ''Nanggu'' (), from the name of one of the villages where it is still spoken. This name is also spelled ''Nangu'' or Nagu.
The local population prefers to name the language Engdewu, after the name of the ancient village where it was initially spoken. This name has now been adopted by linguists.
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Grammar
A description of the language was produced in 2013 by linguist Anders Vaa.
Phonology
Vowels
Nanggu has ten phonemic vowels.
Notes
References
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External links
* Materials on Nanggu are included in the open access Arthur Capell
Arthur Capell (28 March 1902 – 10 August 1986) was an Australian linguist, who made major contributions to the study of Australian languages, Austronesian languages and Papuan languages.
Early life
Capell was born in Newtown, New South Wale ...
AC2
and Stephen Wurm
SAW2
collections held by Paradisec
The Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC) is a cross-institutional project that supports work on endangered languages and cultures of the Pacific and the region around Australia. They digitise reel- ...
Languages of the Solomon Islands
Temotu languages
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