Santa Cruz language

Not to be confused with Santa Cruz Costanoan language or Santa Cruz Island Chumash.
Santa Cruz
  • Natqgu
  • Natügu
Native toSolomon Islands
RegionSanta Cruz Islands, Eastern Solomons.
Native speakers
(5,900 cited 1999)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
ntu – Natügu
nlz – Nalögo
npx – Noipx
Glottolognatu1250
Coordinates: 10°40′S 165°50′E / 10.667°S 165.833°E / -10.667; 165.833
A Natügu speaker, recorded in the Solomon Islands.

The Santa Cruz language, locally known as Natqgu (new orthography) or Natügu (old orthography), is the main language spoken on the island of Nendö or 'Santa Cruz', in the Solomon Islands.

  1. ^ Natügu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Nalögo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Noipx at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)