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Classification: Austronesian
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Zire, Zira, Sirhe, Siche, Nerë, Neukaledonien, Yirhe, Yirhee, Ziche |
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Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, New Caledonian |
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ISO 639-3 |
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Information from: “Endangered Languages, Endangered Thought” (3) . Kuntz, Lucía Iglesias (2009)
Information from: “Endangered Languages, Endangered Thought” (3) . Kuntz, Lucía Iglesias (2009)
"Certain languages that are shown as extinct in the Atlas [of the World’s Languages in Danger] are being actively revitalized, like Cornish (Cornwall) and Sîshëë (New Caledonia), and it is possible that they will become living languages again."
Information from: “New Caledonia languages” (145-146) . Barbara Grimes (2003) , William Frawley · Oxford University Press
Zire was formerly spoken in Bourail along the coastal plain. Zire is reported to be dormant, with no remaining first language speakers. There may still be a few speakers who learned Zire as a second language.
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International
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"No known L1 speakers. Last known speaker died in the 1990s." "There are reports of the language being revived (Wurm 2007)."
"North (Poya commune) and South (Bourail commune) provinces; Coral Sea coastal plain."
Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing