Baelelea

BVC

vigorous

Alternate Names: Mbaelelea

Dialects: None known. Baelelea and Baeggu , almost equal intelligibility of To’abaita , and Lau ,.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Central-Eastern Oceanic
Southeast Solomonic
Malaita-San Cristobal
Malaita
Northern

Demographics: 8,800 (1999 SIL).

Language Use: All ages. Also use English [eng].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 30%–60%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%.

Typology: SVO.

Nation of Origin: Solomon Islands