BVD ISO 639-3
Baeggu
Baeggu Autonym
A language of Solomon Islands
- ISO 639
- bvd
- Alternate Names
- Baegu, Mbaenggu
- Autonym
- Baeggu
- Population
- 5,900 (1999 SIL).
- Location:
- Malaita province: north Malaita island.
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing).
- Classification
- Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Southeast Solomonic, Malaita-San Cristobal, Malaita, Northern
- Dialects
- None known. Baelelea [bvc] and Baeggu almost equal intelligibility of To’abaita [mlu] and Lau [llu].
- Typology
- SVO.
- Language Use
- Used by all. Also use English [eng].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L1: 30%–60%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. NT: 2017.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Baeggu
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Malaita province: north Malaita island.
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