Neku
[aka Neukaledonien,]Classification: Austronesian
·endangered
- DATE OF INFO
- 1996 (census)
- PLACES
- New Caledonia;
Language metadata
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Neukaledonien |
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Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, New Caledonian |
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ISO 639-3 |
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nek |
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Language information by source
Compare Sources (5)
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
Information from: “Australia and the Pacific” (424-557) . Stephen A Wurm (2007) Routledge
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Endangered
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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100-999
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In 1982, 200 speakers were reported. Now they are very much fewer.
- OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
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Ajie¨
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Tiri
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French
- LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS
Language under pressure from neighboring languages Ajie¨ and Tiri, and French.
- More on Orthography
No literacy in language
- PLACES
- New Caledonia
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Inland and on the coast in southwestern central New Caledonia, around Bourail