Kiai language

Kiai
	Fortsenal
Native to	Vanuatu
Region	Espiritu Santo Island
Native speakers	450 (2001)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic Northern Vanuatu Northeast Vanuatu – Banks Islands West Santo Kiai; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Official status
Official language in	Vanuatu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	frt
Glottolog	fort1240
ELP	Kiai[2]

The Kiai language is a vernacular of a native people in the highlands of the central Espiritu Santo Island, Sanma Province, Republic of Vanuatu.

Name variants

Another name is Fortsenal. The speakers call their language na vara kiai. Fortsenal (Vorozenale) is one of the villages where the speakers live.

Vara Kiai: a Kiai wordlist / Tomas Ludvigson, Auckland [N.Z.] : Dept. of Anthropology, University of Auckland, 1989
Crowley, Terry. 2000. The Language Situation in Vanuatu.

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