Ajië (also known as ''Houailou (Wailu)'', ''Wai'', and ''A'jie'') is an
Oceanic language spoken in
New Caledonia
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. It has approximately 4,000 speakers.
Phonology
Consonants
A glottal stop only appears after oral vowels. Different speakers may realize /v/ as a bilabial sound /β/. A nasal trill
̃or a retroflex
»is heard as an allophone of /r/.
Vowels
Nasal vowels
References
New Caledonian languages
Languages of New Caledonia
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