Vamale

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A language of New Caledonia

ISO 639-3
mkt
Alternate Names
Hmwaeke, ’Moaeke, Pamale
Population

100 (2009 census). Estimated population based on census. 2009 census figures for all 6 Voh-Koné languages: 1,203.

Location

Vamale dialect: east coast, Téganpaïk, Tiouandé, and Ouanache; Hmwaeke dialect: west coast, Voh and Tiéta.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, New Caledonian, Northern
Dialects

Hmwaeke, Vamale. Regarded as dialect of Voh-Koné (Wurm and Hattori 1981).

Language Use

Endangered (2000 D. Tryon). Hmwaeke nearly extinct. Under pressure from Fwai [fwa], Cemuhi [cam] and French [fra] (2007). Virtually no child speakers (2007).