Paicî language

Paicî
Paicî
Native to	New Caledonia
Region	East coast between Poindimié and Ponérihouen and inland valleys
Native speakers	7,300 (2009 census)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Southern Oceanic New Caledonian – Loyalties New Caledonian Northern New Caledonian Central Northern Paicî; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	pri
Glottolog	paic1239
	Paicî is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Paicî is the most widely spoken of the two dozen languages on the main island of New Caledonia. It is spoken in a band across the center of the island, in the communes of Poindimié, Ponérihouen, Koné and Poya.

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