Ajië

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A language of New Caledonia

Alternate Names

A’jie, Anjie, Houaïlou, Wai, Wailu

Waawilûû

User Population

5,360 (2009 census), increasing.

North and South provinces: Houaïlou east coast, and Monéo to Kouaoua and inland valleys.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, New Caledonian, Southern, South, Wailic

Vigorous. Use as regional and church language decreasing with greater use of French [fra]. Positive attitudes. Used as L2 by Arhâ [aqr], Arhö [aok], Bwatoo [bwa], Orowe [bpk].

Language Development

A few secondary schools. Literature. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1922.

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about Ajië

Latin script [Latn].

Christian.