Ajië

AJI

developing

Alternate Names: A’jie, Anjie, Houailou, Wai, Wailu

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Central-Eastern Oceanic
Remote Oceanic
New Caledonian
Southern
South
Wailic

Demographics: 5,360 (2009 census), increasing.

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].

Language Development: A few secondary schools. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1922.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: New Caledonia

Other Comments: Christian.