Kiai language

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Kiai
Fortsenal
Native toVanuatu
RegionEspiritu Santo Island
Native speakers
450 (2001)[1]
Language family
Austronesian
Official status
Official language in
Vanuatu
Language codes
ISO 639-3frt
Glottologfort1240
ELPKiai

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[]

Another name is Fortsenal. The speakers call their language na vara kiai. Fortsenal (Vorozenale) is one of the villages where the speakers live.

Notes[]

  1. ^ Kiai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

References[]

  • 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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