Austronesian language spoken in New Caledonia
| Fwâi | |
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| Native to | Hienghène, New Caledonia |
Native speakers | 1,900 (2009 census)[1] |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | fwa |
| Glottolog | fwai1237 |
 Fwâi is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Fwâi (Poai) is a Kanak language of New Caledonia, spoken in the commune of Hienghène. In 2009, there were around 1,900 speakers of Fwâi. It’s considered a vulnerable language by the UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger.
References
- ^ Fwâi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Bibliography
- Haudricourt, André-Georges; Ozanne-Rivierre, Françoise (1982). Dictionnaire thématique des langues de la région de Hienghène (Nouvelle-Calédonie) : pije, fwâi, nemi, jawe. Précédé d'une phonologie comparée des langues de Hienghène et du proto-océanien. Paris: Société d'Etudes Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France. p. 285. ISBN 978-2852971349.
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