"Sakao" redirects here. For the islands of Vanuatu with the same name, see Sakao Island.
Sakao
Wanohe, Nkep, Nekep
Native to
Vanuatu
Region
Big 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 639-3
sku
Glottolog
saka1289
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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