Daakaka

BPA

vigorous

Alternate Names: Baiap, Dakaka, South Ambrym

Dialects: Sesivi. Several other dialects.

Genealogy:

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

Demographics: 1,200 (Lynch and Crowley 2001).

Language Use: Bislama [bis] is also used in contexts where other language speakers are present, e.g. court cases.

Language Development: Poetry. Videos.

Nation of Origin: Vanuatu