Kiai | |
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Fortsenal | |
Native to | Vanuatu |
Region | Espiritu Santo Island |
Native speakers | 450 (2001)[1] |
Austronesian
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Official status | |
Official language in | Vanuatu |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | frt |
Glottolog | fort1240 |
ELP | Kiai |
The Kiai language is a vernacular of a native people in the highlands of the central Espiritu Santo Island, Sanma Province, Republic of Vanuatu.
Another name is Fortsenal. The speakers call their language na vara kiai. Fortsenal (Vorozenale) is one of the villages where the speakers live.
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Indigenous languages (Southern Oceanic and Polynesian) |
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