Iaai language
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Iaai (Iaai pronunciation: [jaːi] in English as /ˈjaɪ/ Y-EYE) is a language of Ouvéa Island (New Caledonia). It shares the island of Ouvéa with Fagauvea, a Polynesian outlier language.
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Iaai | |
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Hwen iaai | |
Region | Ouvéa Island, New Caledonia |
Native speakers | 4,100 (2009 census)[1] |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | iai |
Glottolog | iaai1238 |
Iaai is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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Iaai is the sixth-most-spoken language of New Caledonia, with 4078 speakers as of 2009.[2] It is taught in schools in an effort to preserve it.
The language has been studied by linguists Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre and Anne-Laure Dotte.