Hakö
A language of Papua New Guinea
| Population | 5,000 (1982 SIL). |
| Region | Bougainville Province, North Bougainville District, northeast Buka Island. |
| Language map |
Papua New Guinea, Map 13, reference number 608 |
| Alternate names | Haku |
| Dialects | Lontes. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Meso Melanesian, New Ireland, South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic, Nehan-North Bougainville, Buka, Halia |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 75%–100%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%–100%. |
| Comments | SVO. Fishermen; intensive agriculturalists; cocoa and copra production. |
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