Paicî | Ethnologue

A language of New Caledonia

ISO 639: pri
Alternate Names: Cî, Paaci, Pati, Ponerihouen
Autonym: Paicî
Population: 7,250 (2009 census), increasing.
Location:: North province: east coast, Poindimié and Ponérihouen; west coast, Koné, Poya, and inland valleys.
Language Status: 6b (Threatened).
Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, New Caledonian, Northern, Central
Dialects: Minor lexical and phonetic variation between East and West Coast, and on the East between Poindimié and Ponérihouen regions.
Typology: VOS; tonal.
Language Use: Vigorous. Some young people, all adults. Positive attitudes. Used as L2 by Bwatoo [bwa], Haveke [hvk].
Language Development: Taught a few hours a week in public primary schools. Taught at secondary and junior college levels. Literature. Dictionary. Texts. NT: 2012.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Paicî
Writing: Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: Christian.

Location: North province: east coast, Poindimié and Ponérihouen; west coast, Koné, Poya, and inland valleys.