Calling the language by these names has been rejected by speakers who are not members of these clans.
The name is almost unknown to speakers of the Gahuku and Gama clans.
In two closely related languages spoken directly to the northwest, Tokano and Dano, it has the same meaning.
It has 12 consonants, but /w/ is found only in the village Wanima, in derivations or in pidgin loanwords.
That is currently not treated as a consonant, but it is unclear if words written as vowel initial begin with a glottal stop.