Endangered Languages Project - Hmwaveke

Hmwaveke

^{[aka Moaveke, Ceta, Faa Ceta]}

Classification: Austronesian

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Moaveke, Ceta, Faa Ceta, Neukaledonien
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, New Caledonian
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		mrk
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1982

PLACES: New Caledonia;

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100-999
Native speakers worldwide
CHILDREN
0
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
In 1982, 300 speakers were reported. Now they are much less, with virtually no children speakers.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Under pressure from the large neighboring New Caledonian Paicıˆ language, and from French
More on Orthography: No literacy in language

PLACES: New Caledonia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Less than a third of the length of New Caledonia from its western end, inland from Vuh around Tieta

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300
Native speakers worldwide

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LOCATION INFORMATION

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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing