Hakö

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
hao
Alternate Names
Haku
User Population

12,000 (Kenneth 2015), increasing. Ethnic population: 12,000 (Kenneth 2015).

Location

Bougainville province: North Bougainville district, northeast Buka island.

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Language Status

4 (Educational).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Meso Melanesian, New Ireland, South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic, Nehan-North Bougainville, Buka, Halia
Dialects

Lontes.

Typology

SVO.

Language Use

Used by all. All also use Tok Pisin [tpi]. Used as L2 by Petats [pex].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 75%–100%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%–100%. Taught in primary schools in early grades only, in 1 school. Radio. Texts.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Hakö
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian.