Kiai language
The Kiai language is a vernacular of a native people in the highlands of the central Espiritu Santo Island, Sanma Province, Republic of Vanuatu.
| Kiai | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
 Kiai is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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
- Kiai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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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