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Jukethatbox (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{construction}} {{Infobox language | name = Kaikiwan | nativename = káikwi/túlelù káikwi | pronunciation =kʌ́i.kʷi]<br>[ʔɤ́ʎɨ̯ʎù kʌ́i.kʷi | creator = User:Jukethatbox | created = 2023-2024 | state = Kaikiwi Island | speakers = 5-10 | speakers2 = L2: 6,000-10,000 | date = 2023 | familycolor = Austronesian | fam1 = Kaikiwi–Tol-Sun | fam2 = Kaikiwic | stand1 = OPKLC Standard Kaikiwan | dia1 = Eastern dialect(''Mwípék'') | dia2 = Northern dialect(''Tù...") |
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Although there are not many remaining native speakers of the language, the L2(second-language) community is thriving. Thousands of non-native Kaikiwan speakers live in New Zealand, Hawai'i and Japan, with even the most conservative estimates putting the number of L2 speakers at around 6,000, with the most optimistic estimates putting it as high as 10,000. | Although there are not many remaining native speakers of the language, the L2(second-language) community is thriving. Thousands of non-native Kaikiwan speakers live in New Zealand, Hawai'i and Japan, with even the most conservative estimates putting the number of L2 speakers at around 6,000, with the most optimistic estimates putting it as high as 10,000. | ||
==Aesthetics== | ==Aesthetics== | ||
Kaikiwan is heavily aesthetically influenced by the Polynesian languages, mainly [[w:Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]] and [[w:Māori language|Māori]], and much of its vocabulary is borrowed from said languages as well as English and Japanese. However, its grammar is entirely unique and not based on any prevailing natlangs, and any similarities are coincidental unless specified otherwise. | |||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||