The language of the Daru people is
Kiwai (South-West Coastal Kiwai), also spoken on neighbouring mainland villages (the name
Kiwai comes from
Kiwai Island some 60 km north-east in the
Fly River delta). However, the Kiwai settlement of Daru is fairly recent. The original inhabitants, the Hiamo, were Western-Central Torres Strait Islanders originally from
Yama in the
Torres Strait. With the Kiwai colonisations, the main group of Hiamo people moved to Southern Torres Strait and settled the (Inner)
Muralag group. == Religion ==