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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > New Caledonia > Paicî

Paicî

A language of New Caledonia

ISO 639-3pri

Population  5,500 (1996 census).
Region  East coast between Poindimié and Ponérihouen and inland valleys.
Language map  New Caledonia
Alternate names   Ci, Paaci, Pati, Ponerihouen
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, New Caledonian, Northern, Central
Language use  Vigorous.
Language development  Taught at secondary and junior college levels. Dictionary. Bible portions: 1998.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  Tonal.