| Population |
4,040 (1996 census). |
| Region |
Houailou: east coast Monéo to Kouaoua and inland valleys. |
| Language map |
New Caledonia
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| Alternate names |
A’jie, Anjie, Houailou, Wai, Wailu |
| Classification |
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, New Caledonian, Southern, South, Wailic |
| Language use |
Language of wider communication. Vigorous. |
| Language development |
Secondary and junior college levels and various other schools. Grammar. NT: 1922. |
| Writing system |
Latin script. |
| Comments |
Regional and ‘church language’. |