Baeggu
A language of Solomon Islands
| Population | 5,900 (1999 SIL). |
| Region | North Malaita Island. |
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Solomon Islands |
| Alternate names | Baegu, Mbaenggu |
| Dialects | Baelelea [bvc] and Baegu almost equally intelligible with To’abaita [mlu] and Lau [llu]. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Southeast Solomonic, Malaita-San Cristobal, Malaita, Northern |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 30%–60%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. |
| Comments | SVO. Hunters; agriculturalists. |
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