Fwâi language
{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in New Caledonia}}
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{{Infobox language
|name=Fwâi
|nativename=
|states=Hienghène, New Caledonia
|speakers={{sigfig|1860|2}}
|date = 2009 census
|ref = e18
|familycolor=Austronesian
|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
|fam3=Oceanic
|fam4=Southern Oceanic
|fam5=New Caledonian – Loyalties
|fam6=New Caledonian
|fam7=Northern New Caledonian
|fam8=North Northern
|fam9=Nemi
|iso3=fwa
|glotto=fwai1237
|glottorefname=Fwai
|map = Lang Status 80-VU.svg
|mapcaption = {{center|{{small|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
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Bibliography
- {{cite book |title=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 |last1=Haudricourt |first1=André-Georges |author-link1=André-Georges Haudricourt |last2=Ozanne-Rivierre |first2=Françoise |author-link2=Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre |year=1982 |publisher=Société d'Etudes Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France |location=Paris |isbn=978-2852971349 |pages=285 |ref=DTLRH}}
{{Languages of New Caledonia}}
{{Southern Oceanic languages}}
{{Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages}}
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Category:New Caledonian languages
Category:Languages of New Caledonia
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