Nanggu language

Engdewu
Engdewu
Nanggu
Native to	Solomon Islands
Region	Nendo Island
Native speakers	(210 cited 1999)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Temotu ? Reefs – Santa Cruz Engdewu; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ngr
Glottolog	nang1262
ELP	Nagu
	Coordinates: 10°44′S 165°53′E / 10.733°S 165.883°E / -10.733; 165.883

Engdewu, also known as Nanggu or Nagu, is one of two Reefs – Santa Cruz languages spoken on Nendö Island (the other is Santa Cruz).

Names

The language used to be known by outsiders as Nanggu (IPA: [naᵑɡu]), 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.^[2]^[3] This name has now been adopted by linguists.^[1]

Grammar

A description of the language was produced in 2013 by linguist Anders Vaa.^[4]

Phonology

Vowels

Nanggu has ten phonemic vowels.^[5]

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ʉ	u
Close-mid	e	ɵ
Open-Mid	ɛ	ɞ	ɔ
Open	a		ɒ

Notes

^ a b Engdewu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ See ISO639-3 renaming proposal.
^ See Boerger et al., p. 130.
^ See Vaa (2013).
^ Vaa, Anders (2013-01-01). "A Grammar of Engdewu. An Oceanic Language of the Solomon Islands [PhD thesis]". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

References

Boerger, Brenda H.; Næss, Åshild; Vaa, Anders; et al. (2012). "Sociological factors in Reefs-Santa Cruz language vitality: a 40 year retrospective" (PDF). International Journal of the Sociology of Language. 2012 (214): 111–152. doi:10.1515/ijsl-2012-0023. S2CID 147510619.
Vaa, Anders (2013). A Grammar of Engdewu. An Oceanic Language of the Solomon Islands (PhD thesis). University of Oslo.

External links

Materials on Nanggu are included in the open access Arthur Capell (AC2) and Stephen Wurm (SAW2) collections held by Paradisec

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[e18-1] Engdewu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] See ISO639-3 renaming proposal.

[3] See Boerger et al., p. 130.

[4] See Vaa (2013).

[5] Vaa, Anders (2013-01-01). "A Grammar of Engdewu. An Oceanic Language of the Solomon Islands [PhD thesis]". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)