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Sakao language information


Sakao
Wanohe, Nkep, Nekep
Native toVanuatu
RegionBig Bay, Espiritu Santo Island
Native speakers
4,000 (2001)[1]
Language family
Austronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • Oceanic
      • Southern Oceanic
        • North-Central Vanuatu
          • North Vanuatu
            • Espiritu Santo
              • Sakao
Dialects
  • Nkep
Language codes
ISO 639-3sku
Glottologsaka1289
Sakao is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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Sakao (also Nkep or Nekep) is an Oceanic language spoken on the northeast horn of Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu.

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