[2] The language was taught in primary schools in Nuguria and was used for daily communications between adults and children.
[3] Nuguria is one of the eighteen small islands to the east of Papua New Guinea, which are known as the Polynesian Outliers.
[11] Other nearby island groups include: Nukumanu, Takuu, Buka, Bougainville all of which are endangered languages.
[12] Nuguria Island lies on the outer edge of Melanesia, making it a Polynesian Outlier.
Polynesian Outliers are the islands that do not exist within the major boundaries of Polynesia, but instead they are within Melanesia and/or Micronesia.
The ŋ is a voiced velar nasal and is present in the suffix "ing" such as in the English word "ending".