Hakö

HAO

vigorous

Alternate Names: Haku

Dialects: Lontes.

Genealogy:

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

Demographics: 5,000 (1982 SIL), increasing.

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 75%–100%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%–100%. Taught in primary schools. Radio programs.

Typology: SVO.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea

Other Comments: Christian.