AJI ISO 639-3
Ajië
Waawilûû Autonym
A language of New Caledonia
- ISO 639
- aji
- Alternate Names
- A’jie, Anjie, Houaïlou, Wai, Wailu
- Autonym
- Waawilûû
- Population
- 5,360 (2009 census), increasing.
- Location:
- North and South provinces: Houaïlou east coast, and Monéo to Kouaoua and inland valleys.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, New Caledonian, Southern, South, Wailic
- Language Use
- 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
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Christian.
Also Spoken in
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Location: North and South provinces: Houaïlou east coast, and Monéo to Kouaoua and inland valleys.
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