Alternate Names: Burumba, Paki
Dialects: Slight dialect variation.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 350 (Lynch and Crowley 2001). Few monolinguals, youngest and oldest.
Language Use: Some key domains. Used by 30% of the children. Positive attitudes. Want language revival. Very few also use Bierebo [bnk]. Used as L2 by Bierebo [bnk], Bieria [brj].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 25%. Literacy rate in L2: 40%. Taught in primary schools. Dictionary. Bible portions: 1886–2002.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Vanuatu
Other Comments: Christian.