Ajië language
| Ajië | |
|---|---|
| Region | Houailou, New Caledonia |
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Native speakers |
5,400 (2009 census)[1] |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | aji |
| Glottolog | ajie1238 |
Ajië is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
Ajië (also known as Houailou (Wailu), Wai, and A'jie) is an Oceanic language spoken in New Caledonia. It has approximately 4,000 speakers.
A glottal stop only appears after oral vowels. Different speakers may realize /v/ as a bilabial sound /β/. Glide sounds [ɹ, ɻ] are heard as allophones of /r/.[2][3]
In addition to this, vowel length is phonetically distinct in Ajië, bringing an additional sixteen vowels for a total of forty-eight total vowels. Only the plain oral and nasal vowels are displayed for simplicity.
- ^ Ajië at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Tryon, Darrell T.; Aramiou, Sylvain; Euritein, Jean (1995). A'jië. In Darrell T. Tryon (ed.), Comparative Austronesian dictionary: an introduction to Austronesian studies, part 1: fascicle 1: Berlin and New York: Mouton de Gruyter. pp. 859–865.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ de La Fontinelle, Jacqueline (1976). La langue de Houailou, Nouvelle-Calédonie: description phonologique et description syntaxique. Peeters Publishers.