Bieria

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ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Bieri, Vovo, Wowo

Population

70 (Early 2006), decreasing. Ethnic population: 100.

Location

Shefa province: south Epi, between Maii [mmm] and Lewo [lmu] language areas.

Language Maps

Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification

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. Also use Baki [bki].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 40%. Bible portions: 1898.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian.