Bieria
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A language of Vanuatu
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Bieri, Vovo, Wowo
Population
70 (Early 2006), decreasing. Ethnic population: 100.
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Language Status
6b (Threatened).
Dialects
Bieria, Vovo (Wowo). Wurm and Hattori (1981) treat Bieria and Vovo as separate languages.
Language Use
Some domains. No one under 20 regarded as a good speaker. Positive attitudes. Desire for maintenance and revival. Also use Baki [bki], but use as L2 is declining.
Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 40%. Bible portions: 1898.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script [Latn].
Christian.