Baeggu

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A language of Solomon Islands

ISO 639-3
bvd
Alternate Names
Baegu, Mbaenggu
Autonym
Baeggu
User Population

5,900 (1999 SIL).

Location

Malaita province: north Malaita island.

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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].