Baki
A language of Vanuatu
| Population | 350 (Lynch and Crowley 2001). |
| Region | West Epi. |
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Vanuatu |
| Alternate names | Burumba, Paki |
| Dialects | Slight dialect variation. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, North and Central Vanuatu, Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands, Epi, Lamenu-Baki, Baki-Bierebo |
| Language use | Some key domains. Used by 30% of the children. Positive attitude. Many Bierebo [bnk] use Baki as L2. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. Bible portions: 1886–1987. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
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