Numèè

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A language of New Caledonia

ISO 639-3
kdk
Alternate Names
Dialectes de l’Extreme Sud, Duauru, Kapone, Kunie, Kwenyii, Naa Numee, Naa-Wee, Ouen, Touaouru, Truaru, Tuauru, Uen, Wen, Xere
Population

2,180 (2009 census).

Location

Isle Ouen (Ouen); Isle of Pines (Kwenyii). Numee dialect: Yate, Touaouru, and Goro on south end of main island.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

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

Kwenyii (Kunie), Numee (Touaouru), Ouen.

Typology

Tonal

Language Use

Positive attitudes.

Language Development
Grammar.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Numèè
Other Comments

Distinct from Nume [tgs] of Vanuatu. Some regard Kwenyii (Isle of Pines) a distinct language, probably more on sociolinguistic than purely linguistic grounds. Christian.