Numèè

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A language of New Caledonia

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

2,180 (2009 census).

Location

South province: Isle Ouen (Ouen dialect); Isle of Pines (Kwényi dialect); Touaouru, Goro, and Yate on south end of main island (Numèè dialect).

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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

Numèè (Touaouru), Ouen, Kwényi (Kunie).

Typology

Tonal.

Language Use

Positive attitudes.

Language Development

Dictionary. 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.