Baki

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A language of Vanuatu

ISO 639-3
bki
Alternate Names
Burumba, Paki
Autonym
Baki
Population

350 (Lynch and Crowley 2001). Few monolinguals, youngest and oldest.

Location

Shefa province: west Epi.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, North and Central Vanuatu, Northeast Vanuatu-Banks Islands, Epi, Lamenu-Baki, Baki-Bierebo
Dialects

Slight dialect variation.

Language Use

Some key domains. Some young people, all adults. Used by 30% of the children. Positive attitudes. Desire for language revival. A few also use Bierebo [bnk]. Used as L2 by Bierebo [bnk], Bieria [brj].

Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 25%. Literacy rate in L2: 40%. Taught in primary schools. Dictionary. Texts. Bible portions: 1886–2019.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Baki
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian.

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