Haeke

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A language of New Caledonia

ISO 639-3
aek
Alternate Names
’Aeke, Aeke, Baco, Haeake
User Population

300 (2009), decreasing. Estimated population based on census. 2009 census figures for all 6 Voh-Koné languages: 1,203.

Location

North province: west coast, Baco and Voh-Koné.

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Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

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

Regarded as a dialect of Voh-Koné (Wurm and Hattori 1981).

Language Use

Under pressure from Paici [pri] and French [fra] (Wurm 2007). Shifted to French [fra].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Haeke
Other Comments

Christian.