Port Vato

A language of Vanuatu

ISO 639: ptv
Alternate Names: Daakie
Population: 1,300 (Lynch and Crowley 2001).
Location:: Malampa province: south Ambrym island, between Maranata and Port Vato villages.
Language Status: 5 (Developing).
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, East Vanuatu
Dialects: None known. High degree of mutual intelligbility with Daakaka [bpa].
Language Use: Home, Community, Work; mixed: Education; limited: Religion. Used by all.
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: Less than 70%. Taught in primary schools. Literature. Dictionary. Bible portions: 1899.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Port Vato
Writing: Latin script [Latn], limited usage.

Location: Malampa province: south Ambrym island, between Maranata and Port Vato villages.