BKI ISO 639-3
Baki
Baki Autonym
A language of Vanuatu
- ISO 639
- bki
- Alternate Names
- Burumba, Paki
- Autonym
- Baki
- Population
- 350 (Lynch and Crowley 2001). Few monolinguals, youngest and oldest.
- Location:
- Shefa province: west Epi.
- 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. Texts. NT: 2019.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Baki
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Christian.
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Shefa province: west Epi.
Size and Vitality
Click to enlarge with explanationPlace in Language Cloud
Click to enlarge with explanation