Kiai language
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Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu
Kiai | |
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Fortsenal | |
Native to | Vanuatu |
Region | Espiritu Santo Island |
Native speakers | 450 (2001)[1] |
Austronesian
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Official status | |
Official language in | Vanuatu |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | frt |
Glottolog | fort1240 |
ELP | Kiai |
The Kiai language is a vernacular of a native people in the highlands of the central Espiritu Santo Island, Sanma Province, Republic of Vanuatu.
Name variants[edit]
Another name is Fortsenal. The speakers call their language na vara kiai. Fortsenal (Vorozenale) is one of the villages where the speakers live.
Notes[edit]
- ^ Kiai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
References[edit]
- Vara Kiai: a Kiai wordlist / Tomas Ludvigson, Auckland [N.Z.] : Dept. of Anthropology, University of Auckland, 1989
- Crowley, Terry. 2000. The Language Situation in Vanuatu.
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