Caac
[également appelé Moenebeng, Neukaledonien, Caawac]Classification : Austronesian
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- DATE OF INFO
- (INSEE, 2009), (Rivierre, 2003)
- DOMAINES D'UTILISATION
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- TENDANCES AU NIVEAU DES LOCUTEURS
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- TRANSMISSION
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- MORE ON VITALITY
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Caac has very little representation in media and education. Caac is generally used in traditional and social contexts and within families. Some young Mwelebeng people only have passive knowledge of Caac, due to most adults downplaying their own ability to speak it and devaluing the way youth speak it.
- ATTITUDE DES LOCUTEURS
- Kanak peoples are typically multilingual. Mwelebeng adults often downplay their own language proficiency and disregard the way the youth speak the language. French, the lingua franca, is given precedence in education, work, media, public services, and more.
- SOUTIEN GOUVERNEMENTAL
- 1998 Noumea Accords officialy recognized Caac as a language of culture and education
- AUTRES LANGUES PARLÉES PAR LA COMMUNAUTÉ
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French
- COMMENTAIRES SUR LE CONTEXTE DE LA LANGUE
Children who attend school in the south speak French more easily than Caac. Children attending school in Pouebo in the 1980s-90s were able to study Caac in classes, but no longer.
- PLACES
- Most Caac speakers live in Pweevo (Puebo) and Noumea, in the customary area of Hoot ma Waap, on the northeastern coast of New Caledonia. This area corresponds with the old Mwelebeng chiefdom.