Kiai language
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| Kiai | |
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| Fortsenal | |
| Native to | Vanuatu |
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Native speakers
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450 (2001)[1] |
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Austronesian
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| Official status | |
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Official language in
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Vanuatu |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | frt |
| Glottolog | fort1240[2] |
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
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- 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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- ↑ Kiai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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