Port Vato

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A language of Vanuatu

ISO 639-3
ptv
Alternate Names
Daakie
User Population

1,300 (Lynch and Crowley 2001).

Location

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

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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%. Literature. Dictionary. Bible portions: 1899.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Port Vato
Writing

Latin script [Latn], limited usage.