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ISO 639-3 · hiwhiw
Austronesian family

Hiw

Hiw is a language of the North and Central Vanuatu branch (Austronesian), spoken in Vanuatu.

6a · Vigorous
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
hiw
Glottocode
hiww1237
Wikipedia
15 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
9levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level

Facts

NameHiw
Also calledHiw language

Vitality

EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
UNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this level
family tree

From Austronesian to Hiw

The branches above Hiw, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

1039Austronesianfamily944Malayo-Polynesianbranch634Nuclear Malayo-Polynesianbranch579Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianbranch470Eastern Malayo-Polynesianbranch438Oceanicbranch220Central–Eastern Oceanicbranch130Southern Oceanicbranch95North and Central VanuatubranchhiwHiwlanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Vanuatu113 languages in the index

Also spoken in Vanuatu

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalfraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationaltonTonganAustronesian · 186,0101 · NationalbisBislamaunclassified · 10,0001 · NationaltnpWhitesandsAustronesian · 7,5007 · ShiftingmxeMele-FilaAustronesian · 3,5005 · DevelopingmllMalua BayAustronesian · 6006b · ThreatenedlnnNethalpAustronesian · 3406b · ThreatenedaulAuluaAustronesian · 3006a · VigorousmmmMaiiAustronesian · 1806b · Threatened