Hiw
[alias Hiu, Torres, Torres Island]Klassifizierung: Austronesian
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Klassifizierung: Austronesian
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Hiu, Torres, Torres Island |
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Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Northern Vanuatu |
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ISO 639-3 |
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hiw |
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Informationen von: “Australia and the Pacific” (424-557) . Stephen A Wurm (2007) Routledge
In 1983, 120 speakers were reported, though in 1981, only fifty were said to exist.
Speaker numbers are dwindling.
Bislama
The influence of the national language Bislama may be a reason for dwindling speaker number, as may emigration.
Some literacy in language
Hiw Island
Informationen von: “Phonotactics and the prestopped velar lateral in Hiw: Resolving the ambiguity of a complex segment” (393-434) . Alexandre François (2010) Cambridge University Press
"[Spoken on] Hiw... the northernmost island of the Vanuatu archipelago."