Bieria
A language of Vanuatu
| Population | 25 (Lynch and Crowley 2001). |
| Region | South Epi, between the Maii [mmm] and Lewo [lmu]. |
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| Alternate names | Bieri, Vovo, Wowo |
| Dialects | Bieria, Vovo (Wowo). Wurm and Hattori (1981) treat Bieria and Vovo as separate languages. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, North and Central Vanuatu, Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands, Epi, Bieria-Maii |
| Language use | Some domains. Used by 40% of the children. Positive attitude. Also use Baki [bki]. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. Bible portions: 1898. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | Nearly extinct. |
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